HA Alert : " vSphere HA failover operation in progress in cluster Cluster-x in datacenter "

Products

• VMware Cloud on AWS

Issue/Introduction

This alert will be visible on the cluster until the resolution provided below is completed.

At cluster level, the vSphere UI shows a similar Issue, "vSphere HA failover operation in progress in cluster Cluster-1 in datacenter SDDC-Datacenter: 0 VMs being restarted, 2 VMs waiting for a retry, 0 VMs waiting for resources, 0 inaccessible vSAN VMs." at the cluster level. 

Environment

vCenter Server 7.x

vCenter Server 8.x

Cause

This alert is commonly seen when there a host failure and vSphere HA has attempted to restart a VM that was already powered off.

Resolution

Reconfiguring vSphere HA for the cluster will clear the alert. 
Note: There is no downtime when reconfiguring vSphere HA at the cluster level.

Additional Information