Symptoms:
2019-03-28 05:12:34.338 UTC [VmotionMigrationService_SvcThread-6, Ent: HybridityAdmin, , TxId: b29b3a44-####-####-####-########3ac] ERROR c.v.v.h.s.m.v.VmotionMigrationJob- Error during VmotionMigrationJob execution at prevState:CREATE_DUMMY_VM currentState:PROCESS_CREATE_DUMMY_VM_RESULT vm Entity Ref:vm-145420 with jobId:2ad98a17-db03-4db3-946c-8d1b1c5ff0d4 migrationId:c7b113c1-####-####-####-########c96 copyId:93253 com.vmware.vchs.hybridity.migration.common.MigrationException: VM creation failed. at com.vmware.vchs.hybridity.service.migration.vmotion.VmotionMigrationJob.doProcessCreateDummyVmResult(VmotionMigrationJob.java:1590) at com.vmware.vchs.hybridity.service.migration.vmotion.VmotionMigrationJob.run(VmotionMigrationJob.java:301) at com.vmware.vchs.hybridity.messaging.LoggingJobWrapper.run(LoggingJobWrapper.java:41) at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$201(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:180) at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:293) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
This is a known issue affecting HCX for VMware Cloud and currently there is no resolution. Refer the workaround section for more details.
Workaround:
To work around this issue, use other methods of migration or replication which includes but is not limited to: