Cross vCenter VMotion of VM fails with error: "A specified parameter was not correct: VM Group"
Article ID: 301490
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Issue/Introduction
Editing/removing the VM rules will fail with the error: "A specified parameter was not correct: VM Group"
Cause
- The vCenter migration of a Virtual Machine attached to a
VM_StartorVM_Boot_Dependencyrule, will result in adding a stale entry in the new vCenter Server Database. - Hence, it's an expected behavior and is by design.
Resolution
The standard procedure to be followed while migrating the VM which is part of VM Group using Cross vCenter Migration is as follows:
- Remove the VM from it's VM_Group under Source vCenter.
- Migrate VM to the Destination vCenter.
- Add VM into the new VM_Group with it's subsequent dependencies.
Workaround:
If the process was not followed and the system is already experiencing an issue, please follow these steps:
Step 1 - Export current status Rules from VCDB
- NOTE : This is a single string
- Each rule starts with '<ClusterRuleInfo xsi:' and ends with '</ClusterRuleInfo>'
- For file export or manipulation, please consider using a proper text editor such as vi or Sublime, rather than Notepad or Word.
- Alternatively, an XLM formatter can be used to edit the result - see example https://jsonformatter.org/xml-formatter
# psql -U postgres -d VCDB -c "select RULES_INFO from VPX_COMPUTE_RESOURCE;" > /tmp/export
or
# psql -U postgres -d VCDB -c "select RULES_INFO from VPX_COMPUTE_RESOURCE;"
Result looks like this
ORIGINAL EXAMPLE
<obj xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="urn:vim25" versionId="8.0.2.0" xsi:type="ArrayOfClusterRuleInfo"><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>402</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-01</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>526f792c-5267-ea4c-a081-1b13e60e660d</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-01</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-01</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>403</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-02</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>527c8edc-f694-2779-a92a-94dd30a91438</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-02</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-02</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>404</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-11</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>527e599e-b14c-478c-25d5-dd05406f040a</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-11</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'11</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>405</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-12</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>5284a95f-9f47-2a18-0a9c-776c671bfd98</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-12</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'12</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>406</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-13</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>52845ce4-b28d-543d-4050-f054a8cb3236</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-13</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'13</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>407</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-14</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>5217fbfe-4d30-6e47-9ac9-56eee56fd7a2</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-14</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'14</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>408</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-21</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>52e28c5f-6a1d-7d76-18ea-96757176b9f2</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-21</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'21</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>409</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-22</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>527ac996-d811-c4ee-c583-dba9bf13bb4e</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-22</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'22</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>410</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-23</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>52661501-6bb4-0bfa-ee9a-7493299f57c3</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-23</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'23</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>411</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-24</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>527009cc-448e-fb46-a218-576603025b32</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-24</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'24</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterDependencyRuleInfo"><key>504</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'Problem_Migrated-Rule'</name><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>52ce3d77-9c4a-3653-9167-6b767c4a3227</ruleUuid><vmGroup>'Problem_Migrated-Rule_2'</vmGroup><dependsOnVmGroup>'Problem_Migrated-Rule'</dependsOnVmGroup></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterDependencyRuleInfo"><key>505</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'Problem_Migrated-Rule_2'</name><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>52ef8739-c7ab-2b5d-dfab-2c63a1c07a15</ruleUuid><vmGroup>'Problem_Migrated-Rule_3'</vmGroup><dependsOnVmGroup>'Problem_Migrated-Rule_2'</dependsOnVmGroup></ClusterRuleInfo></obj>
Step 2 - Rules/ result manipulation
- Using the result, we can remove some or all rules
- Each rule starts with '<ClusterRuleInfo xsi:' and ends with '</ClusterRuleInfo>'
- For file export or manipulation, please consider using a proper text editor such as vi or Sublime, rather than Notepad or Word.
- Alternatively, an XLM formatter can be used to edit the result - see example https://jsonformatter.org/xml-formatter
ORIGINAL EXAMPLE
- see highlighted rules at the bottom
<obj xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="urn:vim25" versionId="8.0.2.0" xsi:type="ArrayOfClusterRuleInfo"><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>402</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-01</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>526f792c-5267-ea4c-a081-1b13e60e660d</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-01</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-01</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>403</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-02</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>527c8edc-f694-2779-a92a-94dd30a91438</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-02</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-02</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>404</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-11</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>527e599e-b14c-478c-25d5-dd05406f040a</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-11</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'11</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>405</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-12</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>5284a95f-9f47-2a18-0a9c-776c671bfd98</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-12</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'12</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>406</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-13</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>52845ce4-b28d-543d-4050-f054a8cb3236</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-13</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'13</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>407</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-14</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>5217fbfe-4d30-6e47-9ac9-56eee56fd7a2</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-14</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'14</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>408</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-21</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>52e28c5f-6a1d-7d76-18ea-96757176b9f2</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-21</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'21</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>409</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-22</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>527ac996-d811-c4ee-c583-dba9bf13bb4e</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-22</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'22</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>410</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-23</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>52661501-6bb4-0bfa-ee9a-7493299f57c3</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-23</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'23</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>411</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-24</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>527009cc-448e-fb46-a218-576603025b32</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-24</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'24</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterDependencyRuleInfo"><key>504</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'Problem_Migrated-Rule'</name><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>52ce3d77-9c4a-3653-9167-6b767c4a3227</ruleUuid><vmGroup>'Problem_Migrated-Rule_2'</vmGroup><dependsOnVmGroup>'Problem_Migrated-Rule'</dependsOnVmGroup></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterDependencyRuleInfo"><key>505</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'Problem_Migrated-Rule_2'</name><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>52ef8739-c7ab-2b5d-dfab-2c63a1c07a15</ruleUuid><vmGroup>'Problem_Migrated-Rule_3'</vmGroup><dependsOnVmGroup>'Problem_Migrated-Rule_2'</dependsOnVmGroup></ClusterRuleInfo></obj>
Remove Some EXAMPLE
<obj xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="urn:vim25" versionId="8.0.2.0" xsi:type="ArrayOfClusterRuleInfo"><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>402</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-01</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>526f792c-5267-ea4c-a081-1b13e60e660d</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-01</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-01</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>403</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-02</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>527c8edc-f694-2779-a92a-94dd30a91438</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-02</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-02</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>404</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-11</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>527e599e-b14c-478c-25d5-dd05406f040a</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-11</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'11</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>405</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-12</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>5284a95f-9f47-2a18-0a9c-776c671bfd98</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-12</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'12</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>406</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-13</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>52845ce4-b28d-543d-4050-f054a8cb3236</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-13</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'13</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>407</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-14</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>5217fbfe-4d30-6e47-9ac9-56eee56fd7a2</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-14</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'14</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>408</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-21</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>52e28c5f-6a1d-7d76-18ea-96757176b9f2</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-21</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'21</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>409</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-22</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>527ac996-d811-c4ee-c583-dba9bf13bb4e</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-22</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'22</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>410</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-23</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>52661501-6bb4-0bfa-ee9a-7493299f57c3</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-23</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'23</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>411</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-24</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>527009cc-448e-fb46-a218-576603025b32</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-24</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'24</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo></obj>
Remove All EXAMPLE
<obj xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="urn:vim25" versionId="8.0.2.0" xsi:type="ArrayOfClusterRuleInfo"></obj>
Step 3 - Backup and Snapshot of the VCSA
- Snapshot is not the same as backup - it's just a quick restore point
- Please take a Snapshot of the VCSA, offline preferably, alternatively with Memory, or Quiesced
- For ELM nodes, please refer to the following KB article : VMware vCenter in Enhanced Linked Mode pre-changes snapshot (online or offline) best practice
- For VCHA, please refer to the following KB article FAQ: vCenter High Availability
Step 4 - Update in VCDB
- After the vCenter Server is available update the VCDB as follows:
Remove Some EXAMPLE
# psql -U postgres -d VCDB
VCDB=# UPDATE VPX_COMPUTE_RESOURCE SET RULES_INFO = '<obj xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="urn:vim25" versionId="8.0.2.0" xsi:type="ArrayOfClusterRuleInfo"><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>402</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-01</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>526f792c-5267-ea4c-a081-1b13e60e660d</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-01</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-01</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>403</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-02</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>527c8edc-f694-2779-a92a-94dd30a91438</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-02</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-02</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>404</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-11</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>527e599e-b14c-478c-25d5-dd05406f040a</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-11</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'11</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>405</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-12</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>5284a95f-9f47-2a18-0a9c-776c671bfd98</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-12</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'12</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>406</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-13</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>52845ce4-b28d-543d-4050-f054a8cb3236</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-13</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'13</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>407</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-14</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>5217fbfe-4d30-6e47-9ac9-56eee56fd7a2</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-14</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'14</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>408</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-21</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>52e28c5f-6a1d-7d76-18ea-96757176b9f2</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-21</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'21</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>409</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-22</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>527ac996-d811-c4ee-c583-dba9bf13bb4e</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-22</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'22</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>410</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-23</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>52661501-6bb4-0bfa-ee9a-7493299f57c3</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-23</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'23</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo><ClusterRuleInfo xsi:type="ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"><key>411</key><enabled>true</enabled><name>'OBFUSCATED'-24</name><mandatory>false</mandatory><userCreated>true</userCreated><ruleUuid>527009cc-448e-fb46-a218-576603025b32</ruleUuid><vmGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'-24</vmGroupName><affineHostGroupName>'OBFUSCATED'24</affineHostGroupName></ClusterRuleInfo></obj>';
UPDATE 1
VCDB=#\q
Remove All EXAMPLE
# psql -U postgres -d VCDB
VCDB=# UPDATE VPX_COMPUTE_RESOURCE SET RULES_INFO = '<obj xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="urn:vim25" versionId="8.0.2.0" xsi:type="ArrayOfClusterRuleInfo"></obj>';
UPDATE 1
VCDB=#\q
Step 5 - Restart VPXD
# service-control --restart vpxd
Result - Some or All VM Rules will be removed, depending on what was implemented
Additional Information
Logs for changing, adding or editing a VM_Group VM_Rule :
# less -i ./var/log/vmware/vpxd/vpxd-<TBD>.log
XXXX-XX-XXTXX:XX:XX.XXXZ info vpxd[301004] [Originator@6876 sub=vpxLro opID=6a1fb138-85] [VpxLRO] -- FINISH lro-3286914
XXXX-XX-XXTXX:XX:XX.XXXZ info vpxd[301013] [Originator@6876 sub=vpxLro opID=lqgksqos-123082-auto-2myz-h5:70019184-61] [VpxLRO] -- BEGIN task-11185 -- domain-c8 -- vim.ComputeResource.reconfigureEx -- 52837018-4dd0-0107-274c-80ed28baf60c(525f139d-ebb1-5aa3-b7f5-00cfc7631113)
XXXX-XX-XXTXX:XX:XX.XXXZ info vpxd[301013] [Originator@6876 sub=drmLogger opID=lqgksqos-123082-auto-2myz-h5:70019184-61] DRS automation level of cluster [vim.ClusterComputeResource:domain-c8,Cluster] is partiallyAutomated
XXXX-XX-XXTXX:XX:XX.XXXZ warning vpxd[301013] [Originator@6876 sub=Vmomi opID=lqgksqos-123082-auto-2myz-h5:70019184-61] VMOMI activation LRO failed; <<52837018-4dd0-0107-274c-80ed28baf60c, <TCP '127.0.0.1 : 8085'>, <TCP '127.0.0.1 : 52264'>>, domain-c8, vim.ComputeResource.reconfigureEx, <vim.version.v8_0_2_0, internal, 8.0.2.0>, (null)>, N5Vmomi5Fault15InvalidArgument9ExceptionE(Fault cause: vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument
--> )
--> [context]zKq7AVECAQAAAIUcWQEadnB4ZAAAxbVTbGlidm1hY29yZS5zbwAAUglDAIwxRACaSEsBoy8XbGlidm1vbWkuc28AAQicJYKgYw4BdnB4ZACCR6xkAoILVM0BgnlGzgGCcVfOAYK1ZM4Bgvx1zgGD1WgwAWxpYnZpbS10eXBlcy5zbwCCuXdjAgHVwxuCIKJDAoJ9CGICgs8YYgKC+S9hAoKUAmICAObLNwD5JDgAk8BRBK6OAGxpYnB0aHJlYWQuc28uMAAFL94PbGliYy5zby42AA==[/context]
XXXX-XX-XXTXX:XX:XX.XXXZ info vpxd[301013] [Originator@6876 sub=vpxLro opID=lqgksqos-123082-auto-2myz-h5:70019184-61] [VpxLRO] -- FINISH task-11185
XXXX-XX-XXTXX:XX:XX.XXXZ error vpxd[301013] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=lqgksqos-123082-auto-2myz-h5:70019184-61] [VpxLRO] -- ERROR task-11185 -- 52837018-4dd0-0107-274c-80ed28baf60c(525f139d-ebb1-5aa3-b7f5-00cfc7631113) -- domain-'TBD' -- vim.ComputeResource.reconfigureEx: :vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument
--> Result:
--> (vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument) {
--> faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
--> faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) [
--> (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) {
--> key = "com.vmware.vc.HA.error.missingVmGroup", ==================> Missing dependency reference here
--> arg = (vmodl.KeyAnyValue) [
--> (vmodl.KeyAnyValue) {
--> key = "arg",
--> value = "<OBFUSCATED>" =================> Rule Name that is causing the issue
--> }
--> ],
--> message = <unset>
--> }
--> ],
--> invalidProperty = "VM Group" ==================> Missing dependency reference here
--> msg = ""
--> }
--> Args:
-->
--> Arg spec:
--> (vim.cluster.ConfigSpecEx) {
--> vmSwapPlacement = <unset>,
--> spbmEnabled = <unset>,
--> defaultHardwareVersionKey = <unset>,
--> desiredSoftwareSpec = (vim.DesiredSoftwareSpec) null,
--> maximumHardwareVersionKey = <unset>,
--> enableConfigManager = <unset>,
--> hostSeedSpec = (vim.ComputeResource.HostSeedSpec) null,
--> systemVMsConfig = (vim.cluster.SystemVMsConfigSpec) null,
--> dasConfig = (vim.cluster.DasConfigInfo) null,
--> dasVmConfigSpec = <unset>,
--> drsConfig = (vim.cluster.DrsConfigInfo) {
--> enabled = true,
--> enableVmBehaviorOverrides = true,
--> defaultVmBehavior = "partiallyAutomated",
--> vmotionRate = 1,
--> scaleDescendantsShares = "disabled",
--> option = <unset>
--> },
--> drsVmConfigSpec = <unset>,
--> rulesSpec = <unset>,
--> orchestration = (vim.cluster.OrchestrationInfo) null,
--> vmOrchestrationSpec = <unset>,
--> dpmConfig = (vim.cluster.DpmConfigInfo) {
--> enabled = false,
--> defaultDpmBehavior = <unset>,
--> hostPowerActionRate = 3,
--> option = <unset>
--> },
--> dpmHostConfigSpec = <unset>,
--> vsanConfig = (vim.vsan.cluster.ConfigInfo) null,
--> vsanHostConfigSpec = <unset>,
--> groupSpec = <unset>,
--> infraUpdateHaConfig = (vim.cluster.InfraUpdateHaConfigInfo) null,
--> proactiveDrsConfig = (vim.cluster.ProactiveDrsConfigInfo) {
--> enabled = false
--> },
--> inHciWorkflow = false,
--> cryptoConfig = (vim.cluster.CryptoConfigInfo) null
--> }
--> Arg modify:
--> true
XXXX-XX-XXTXX:XX:XX.XXXZ info vpxd[301016] [Originator@6876 sub=vpxLro opID=vb-13826:TaskSearchAdapter:56347-2mz3-h5:70019186-db] [VpxLRO] -- BEGIN lro-3286918 -- TaskManager -- vim.TaskManager.createCollector -- 52837018-4dd0-0107-274c-80ed28baf60c(525f139d-ebb1-5aa3-b7f5-00cfc7631113)
Impact/Risks:
Changing VM_Start or VM_Boot_Dependency Rules for the migrated VM will result in the following error - "A specified parameter was not correct: VM Group".
Unregistering the VM from the vCenter Server inventory and re-registering it will result in a stale rule.
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