Symptoms:
- When configuring a new replication, the task fails with the error:
Operation aborted due to an unexpected error.
- In /opt/vmware/h4/cloud/log/cloud.log on the vApp Replication Manager, you see a similar entry:
2020-04-27 04:57:52.037 ERROR - [UI-########-####-####-####-########a123-lF-pb] [task-poller-4] com.vmware.h4.jobengine.JobExecution : Task ########-####-####-####-########6637 (WorkflowInfo{type='start', resourceType='vmReplication', resourceId='C4-########-####-####-####-########94fd', isPrivate=false, resourceName='null'}) has failed
com.vmware.vdr.error.exceptions.GenericServerException: Operation aborted due to an unexpected error.
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
...
- In /opt/vmware/h4/cloud/log/replicator.log on the Replicator, you see similar entries :
2020-04-27 04:57:49.149 INFO - [UI-########-####-####-####-########a123-lF-pb-ep-21] [https-jsse-nio-8043-exec-8] c.v.v.s.c.impl.SecurityTokenServiceImpl : Successfully acquired token for user: [email protected]
2020-04-27 04:57:51.948 DEBUG - [UI-########-####-####-####-########a123-lF-pb-ep-SM] [job-37] c.v.h.r.lwdproxy.LwdSettingsProvider : lwdproxy sha SHA-5##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##
2020-04-27 04:57:51.960 DEBUG - [UI-########-####-####-####-########a123-lF-pb-ep-SM] [job-37] c.v.h.r.replication.SetupSourceJob : Unable to start replicating
com.vmware.vim.binding.vim.fault.NoPermission: Permission to perform this operation was denied.
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
...
Note: The preceding log excerpts are only examples. Date, time, and environmental variables may vary depending on your environment.