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VMware | 89191
SRM - Frequent Recomputation of Device Groups & Datastore Groups
Last update date:
4/6/2024
Affected products:
Site Recovery Manager
Affected releases:
8.x
Fixed releases:
No fixed releases provided.
Description:
Symptoms
1. Upgraded vCenter server is shows very frequent recompute device groups / datastore groups (every 20-30 seconds) from SRM. 2. SRM has cascading logging behavior to vCenter and may fail to run test recovery or recovery correctly.vpxd.log: warning vpxd[34575] [Originator@6876 sub=AuthorizeManager opID=ff8566fa-6ba8-4774-a9ed-b2d7aebb4be0-125068-80] Refresh function is not configured.User data can't be added
Cause
In the logs we can see excessive events occurring related to vCLS can be seen in vpxd logs. This is a known issue and was resolved by multiple customers following the retreat action as per the link.
Impact / Risks
The only impact will be that until the vCLS is back online, DRS will be offline. These actions must be done during a maintenance window.
Resolution
Putting a Cluster in Retreat ModePut all clusters connected in the vCenter with the issue into retreat mode. Here is a snippet of powercli script $CluMoref = $Cluster.ExtensionData.MoRef.Value $vclsname = "config.vcls.clusters.$CluMoRef.enabled" # add the setting first New-AdvancedSetting -Entity $VCSA -Name $vclsname -Value $true -Confirm:$false # creates the adv stg, to be disabled as part of a shutdown script # once created, it can be changed to $false - this effectively removes the vCLS agent VMs (but also affects DRS/HA, so only done during shutdown Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity $VCSA -Name $vclsname | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value $false -Confirm:$false # then add the reverse to the startup script - this creates the vCLS agent VMs again Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity $VCSA -Name $vclsname | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value $true -Confirm:$false
Workaround
Retreat vCLS and enable vCLS for all clusters.
Related Information
After the Upgrade from Vcenter 7.0 U2 to U3 the three vSphere Cluster Services (vCLS) VMs are gone.
