"Reconfiguration of vmGroups: [VM_GROUP_NAME] timed out for cluster" error causes vApp VM creation to fail in Cloud Director
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"Reconfiguration of vmGroups: [VM_GROUP_NAME] timed out for cluster" error causes vApp VM creation to fail in Cloud Director

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Article ID: 325500

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Products

VMware Cloud Director

Issue/Introduction

  • Creating vApp VMs in Cloud Director fails through the Tenant portal or the API.
  • VM creation task fails with an error in the Cloud Director cell /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/logs/vcloud-container-debug.log similar to:
| ERROR    | vim-proxy-activity-pool-123 | FutureUtil                     | Failed to send add VM to VM group request to VC | requestId=<REQUEST_UUID>,request=POST https://<VCD_URL>/api/vdc/<ORG_VDC_UUID>/action/createVm,requestTime=<REQUEST_TIME>,remoteAddress=<CLIENT_ADDRESS>,userAgent=<USER_AGENT>,accept=application/*+xml;version 37.0 vcd=<VCD_UUID>,task=<TASK_UUID> activity=(com.vmware.vcloud.backendbase.management.system.TaskActivity,urn:uuid:<TASK_UUID>) activity=(com.vmware.vcloud.vdc.impl.ComposeRecomposeVAppActivity,urn:uuid:) activity=(com.vmware.vcloud.vdc.impl.CreateStoredVmActivity,urn:uuid:) activity=(com.vmware.vcloud.fabric.storage.storedVm.impl.CreateFromConfigActivity,urn:uuid:) activity=(com.vmware.vcloud.val.internal.impl.CreateVmActivity,urn:uuid:)
com.vmware.vcloud.api.presentation.service.InternalServerErrorException: Reconfiguration of vmGroups: [<VM_GROUP_NAME>] timed out for cluster [vcId=<VCENTER_UUID>, moref=<CLUSTER_MOREF>]
        at com.vmware.vcloud.val.internal.impl.ReconfigureVmGroupActivity$FinalPhase.invoke(ReconfigureVmGroupActivity.java:629)
        at com.vmware.vcloud.activity.executors.ActivityRunner.runPhase(ActivityRunner.java:175)0

Environment

VMware Cloud Director 10.x

Cause

This is a known issue affecting Cloud Director when using VM Groups in VM Placement Policies.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in Cloud Director 10.5, 10.4.2.2, and 10.3.3.4 which are available here: Download VMware Cloud Director.