vSphere Replication - Cannot replicate over the source virtual machine
Article ID: 312709
Updated On:
Products
VMware Live Recovery
Issue/Introduction
Symptoms:
Adding VMs to replication throws the error -
ERROR
Operation Failed
Cannot replicate over the source virtual machine.
Operation ID: 4d788172-912b-46d9-bed0-b6ef1ca988b3
3/15/24, 11:37:09 AM -0400
/opt/vmware/hms/logs/hms.log :
2024-03-15 12:05:32.284 ERROR hms.TaskRunnable [hms-main-thread-401] (..jvsl.util.Slf4jUtil) [operationID=7246e36f-f335-43d2-b124-77a8
fc1a3823-HMS-395,sessionID=005E20E9, task=HTID-97f4dcb4-a434-4c3c-8e59-0399d438a66d] | runTask-failed name: "Configure replication"; class: com.vmware.hms.job.impl.PrimaryVc2VcConfigureReplicationWorkflow; groupMoId: GID-83b0e09d-7d0d-4a5e-8ede-b7e6e8643597; destinationSite: ManagedObjectReference: type = HmsRemoteHmsServer, value = HMSSRV-c01e6fe4-9122-4152-b889-78096a303f5f, serverGuid = null; pri
maryGroupInitialVersion: null; secondaryGroupInitialVersion: null; useAdminViews: false; eventPartitionId: null; optimizeReprotect: false; reverseReplication: false; err: Error found in the provided Group.Spec, property 'Spec.settings.vms.configFileLocation' value isincorrect. Invalid target location specified. Cannot replicate over the source virtual machine.; time: 206 ms com.vmware.vim.binding.hms.fault.InvalidSpecOverwriteSourceVmFault: Error found in the provided Group.Spec, property 'Spec.settings.vms.configFileLocation' value is incorrect. Invalid target location specified. Cannot replicate over the source virtual machine.
at com.vmware.hms.replication.GroupSpecValidator.checkNotOverwriteSourceVm(GroupSpecValidator.java:757) ~[hms.jar:?]
at com.vmware.hms.replication.GroupSpecValidator.validateVms(GroupSpecValidator.java:376) ~[hms.jar:?]
at com.vmware.hms.replication.GroupSpecValidator.validateVcConfigSpec(GroupSpecValidator.java:191) ~[hms.jar:?]
at com.vmware.hms.replication.GroupSpecValidator.validateConfigSpec(GroupSpecValidator.java:168) ~[hms.jar:?]
at com.vmware.hms.job.impl.PrimaryVc2VcConfigureReplicationWorkflow.validateGroupSpec(PrimaryVc2VcConfigureReplicationWorkflow.java:145) ~[hms.jar:?]
at com.vmware.hms.job.impl.ConfigureReplicationPrimaryBaseWorkflow.go(ConfigureReplicationPrimaryBaseWorkflow.java:171) ~[hms.jar:?]
at com.vmware.hms.task.TaskRunnable.run(TaskRunnable.java:86) ~[hms.jar:?]
at com.vmware.hms.HmsTaskManager.lambda$0(HmsTaskManager.java:235) ~[hms.jar:?]
at com.vmware.hms.util.executor.LoggerOpIdConfigurator$RunnableWithDiagnosticContext.run(LoggerOpIdConfigurator.java:132) [hms.jar:?]
at com.vmware.hms.util.executor.LoggerOpIdConfigurator$2.run(LoggerOpIdConfigurator.java:99) [hms.jar:?]
at com.vmware.jvsl.sessions.net.impl.TlsPreservingWrapper$2.run(TlsPreservingWrapper.java:47) [jvsl-sessions-8.8.0.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) [?:?]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) [?:?]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:?]
Adding VMs to replication throws the error -
ERROR
Operation Failed
Cannot replicate over the source virtual machine.
Operation ID: 4d788172-912b-46d9-bed0-b6ef1ca988b3
3/15/24, 11:37:09 AM -0400
/opt/vmware/hms/logs/hms.log :
2024-03-15 12:05:32.284 ERROR hms.TaskRunnable [hms-main-thread-401] (..jvsl.util.Slf4jUtil) [operationID=7246e36f-f335-43d2-b124-77a8
fc1a3823-HMS-395,sessionID=005E20E9, task=HTID-97f4dcb4-a434-4c3c-8e59-0399d438a66d] | runTask-failed name: "Configure replication"; class: com.vmware.hms.job.impl.PrimaryVc2VcConfigureReplicationWorkflow; groupMoId: GID-83b0e09d-7d0d-4a5e-8ede-b7e6e8643597; destinationSite: ManagedObjectReference: type = HmsRemoteHmsServer, value = HMSSRV-c01e6fe4-9122-4152-b889-78096a303f5f, serverGuid = null; pri
maryGroupInitialVersion: null; secondaryGroupInitialVersion: null; useAdminViews: false; eventPartitionId: null; optimizeReprotect: false; reverseReplication: false; err: Error found in the provided Group.Spec, property 'Spec.settings.vms.configFileLocation' value isincorrect. Invalid target location specified. Cannot replicate over the source virtual machine.; time: 206 ms com.vmware.vim.binding.hms.fault.InvalidSpecOverwriteSourceVmFault: Error found in the provided Group.Spec, property 'Spec.settings.vms.configFileLocation' value is incorrect. Invalid target location specified. Cannot replicate over the source virtual machine.
at com.vmware.hms.replication.GroupSpecValidator.checkNotOverwriteSourceVm(GroupSpecValidator.java:757) ~[hms.jar:?]
at com.vmware.hms.replication.GroupSpecValidator.validateVms(GroupSpecValidator.java:376) ~[hms.jar:?]
at com.vmware.hms.replication.GroupSpecValidator.validateVcConfigSpec(GroupSpecValidator.java:191) ~[hms.jar:?]
at com.vmware.hms.replication.GroupSpecValidator.validateConfigSpec(GroupSpecValidator.java:168) ~[hms.jar:?]
at com.vmware.hms.job.impl.PrimaryVc2VcConfigureReplicationWorkflow.validateGroupSpec(PrimaryVc2VcConfigureReplicationWorkflow.java:145) ~[hms.jar:?]
at com.vmware.hms.job.impl.ConfigureReplicationPrimaryBaseWorkflow.go(ConfigureReplicationPrimaryBaseWorkflow.java:171) ~[hms.jar:?]
at com.vmware.hms.task.TaskRunnable.run(TaskRunnable.java:86) ~[hms.jar:?]
at com.vmware.hms.HmsTaskManager.lambda$0(HmsTaskManager.java:235) ~[hms.jar:?]
at com.vmware.hms.util.executor.LoggerOpIdConfigurator$RunnableWithDiagnosticContext.run(LoggerOpIdConfigurator.java:132) [hms.jar:?]
at com.vmware.hms.util.executor.LoggerOpIdConfigurator$2.run(LoggerOpIdConfigurator.java:99) [hms.jar:?]
at com.vmware.jvsl.sessions.net.impl.TlsPreservingWrapper$2.run(TlsPreservingWrapper.java:47) [jvsl-sessions-8.8.0.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) [?:?]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) [?:?]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:?]
Environment
VMware vSphere Replication 8.x
Cause
1. This happens when the source and target datastores have the same names.
2. This also happens when you try replicating a VM to the same datastore the original VM resides on.
Resolution
1. Rename the local datastores beloning to different hosts with distinct names.
2. Don't replicate VMs to the same datastore where the original VM resides.
Additional Information
Renaming a datastore when virtual machines are running on the datastore (1006279) - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1006279
Impact/Risks:
Unable to replicate VMs.
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