VMwareDisks resource cannot go offline if VMware snapshot is taken when VMware disk is configured for monitoring

This issue occurs when the VMwareDisks agent is configured to monitor VMware disks of any type, and a VMware snapshot is taken. This issue occurs for both thin-provisioned disks and thick-provisioned disks. (2801599)

When the service group is taken offline or failed over, the VMwareDisks resource cannot to go offline. The VMwareDisks agent cannot detach the disk, because the size of the snapshot disk is different from the size of the base disk. The following type of message appears in the agent log:

VCS ERROR V-16-10061-22523 VMwareDisks:appResourceName-SG-VMwareDisks:offline:Failed to detach disks from VM on ESX ESXIPaddress with error 'Invalid configuration for device '0'.'

Workaround: Delete all the VMware snapshots available for the VM.