vSphere Replication - Illegal character in path at index XX
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vSphere Replication - Illegal character in path at index XX

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Article ID: 312705

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Products

VMware Live Recovery

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:


You are unable to reconfigure vSphere replication appliance to register with vCenter because you can’t click NEXT option.

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Environment

VMware vSphere Replication 8.x

Cause

  1. Appliance was upgraded to a higher version.
  2. Appliance was deleted from vCenter inventory or datastore without following proper unregistration procedure.
  3. Stale extensions leftover from previous upgrades or improper unregistration of appliance. 

 

Resolution

 

Unregister com.vmware.vcHms extension of vCenter MOB 

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Reconfigure the appliance, it must work now.