Getting error "Manual approval of recommendation XXXX Power On virtual machine" in Workload management on vCenter UI

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi
• VMware vSphere with Tanzu

Issue/Introduction

This article provides guidance on how to eliminate the error(mentioned in Issues) and take out running activity from stuck state.

Symptoms:

We might come across a situation where the activity on "vSphere with Tanzu" is stuck on new VM creation step with below error on vCenter UI under workload management:-

IO error occurred while making API request to VMware vCenter Server (vpxd). Details 'Manual approval of recommendation {{} 61 V1 2023-09-04 05:11:53.213546 +0000 UTC 5 powerOnVm Power On virtual machine <nil> [] [0xc003fcf480] ClusterComputeResource:domain-c1647} is required for PowerOn'

 

Environment

VMware vSphere 7.0 with Tanzu

Cause

From the error, system is giving recommendation to place VM instead of placing it automatically. That means DRS is not fully automated which is actually first requirement to enable "workload Management" on vSphere.

Resolution

Modify DRS rule to "Fully Automated".

Additional Information

Impact/Risks:

It won't allow WCP service to create new VM for any change or upgrade.