Symptoms:
- When attempting to replicate VM's it is failing with the following Error message:
Operation canceled due to an unexpected error
- In the /opt/vmware/h4/replicator/log/replicator.log file on the source Replicator appliance, you see messages similar to:
2024-03-06 11:29:05.959 WARN- [UI-########-####-####-####-########069f-r305-2m-2Y-Di-71] [pc-task-monitor-2] c.v.h.c.e.ExceptionConversionService : Unable to convert exception. Using fallback exception instead.
com.vmware.vim.binding.vim. fault.ReplicationDiskConfigFault: The vSphere Replication configuration for disk with key 2,000 of the virtual machine has an issue: Replication not supported for disk type or backend.
...
- In the /var/log/hostd.log file on the ESXi host where the source Virtual Machine is running, you see messages similar to:
2024-03-06T11:23:40.879z info hostd [2700094] [Originator@6876 sub-Solo. Vmomi opID-UI-########-####-####-####-########ea696-r483-rI-Vk-3k-dl-37-92-8f8e user-vpxuser: VSPHERE. LOCAL\Administrator] Activation finished; <<########-####-####-####-########81b0, <TCP '127.0.0.1: 8307'>, <TCP '127.0.0.1: 48748'>>, ha-hbr-manager, vim. HbrManager.retrieve ReplicationConfig>
2024-03-06T11:23:40.8792 verbose hostd [2700094] [Originator@6876 sub-Solo. Vmomi opID-UI-########-####-####-####-########ea696-r483-rI-Vk-3k-dl-37-92-8f8e user-vpxuser: VSPHERE. LOCAL\Administrator] Arg vm:
--> 'vim.VirtualMachine:101'
2024-03-06T11:23:40.8792 info hostd [2700094] [Originator@6876 sub-Solo. Vmomi opID-UI-########-####-####-####-########a696-1483-rI-Vk-3k-dl-37-92-8f8e user-vpxuser: VSPHERE. LOCAL\Administrator] Throw vim.fault.ReplicationVmConfigFault
2024-03-06T11:23:40.8792 info hostd [2700094] [Originator 6876 sub-Solo. Vmomi opID-UI-########-####-####-####-########a696-r483-rI-Vk-3k-dl-37-92-8f8e user-vpxuser: VSPHERE.LOCAL\Administrator] Result:
--> (vim.fault.ReplicationVmConfigFault) {
-->
--> reason "replication NotEnabled",
vmRef 'vim. VirtualMachine:101',
msg-"",
-->
2024-03-06T11:23:40.932z info hostd [2105275] [Originator@6876 sub-Vimsvc.TaskManager opID-UI-########-####-####-####-########ea696-r483-r1-vk-3k-dl-1a-0-8f8f user-vpxuser: VSPHERE.LOCAL\Administrator] Task Created: haTask--vim. HbrManager.enable Replication-13555636
2024-03-06T11:23:40.9322 error hostd [2105276] [Originator@6876 sub-Hbrsvc opID-UI-########-####-####-####-########a696-1483-rI-Vk-3k-dl-1a-0-8f8f user-vpxuser: VSPHERE.LOCAL\Administrator] VM is LWD protected can't replicate
2024-03-06T11:23:40.932Z error hostd [2105276] [Originator@6876 sub-Hbrave opID-UI-########-####-####-####-########a696-r483-rI-Vk-3k-dl-la-0-8181 user-vpxuser: VSPHERE.LOCAL\Administrator] Failed to configure replication for VM (id-101): Disk with replication-incompatible type specified (devKey-2000)
2024-03-06T11:23:40.932Z info hostd [2105276] [Originator@6876 sub-AdapterServer opID-UI-########-####-####-####-########a696-r483-rI-Vk-3k-dl-1a-0-8f8f user-vpxuser: VSPHERE. LOCAL\Administrator] AdapterServer caught exception; <<########-####-####-####-########81b0, <TCP '127.0.0.1: 8307'>, <TCP '127.0.0.1: 48748'>>, ha-hbr-manager, vim. HbrManager.enableReplication>, N3Vim5Fault26ReplicationDisk ConfigFault 9ExceptionE (Fault cause: vim.fault.ReplicationDiskConfigFault-->>
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Note: The preceding log excerpts are only examples. Date, time, and environmental variables may vary depending on your environment.