[VMC] Unable to clone more than 8 VMs at once
Article ID: 334981
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Products
VMware Cloud on AWS
VMware Cloud on Dell EMC
Issue/Introduction
Detail the known limitation.
Symptoms:
Customer is attempting to clone multiple VMs at once time but the VMC vCenter will not process more than 8 VMs at once.
Customer needs to recreate a Horizon VDI Desktop Pool but is limited to rebuilding the VMs in sets of 8.
Any VM clone operations beyond 8 at a time will be sitting waiting to be processed.
Symptoms:
Customer is attempting to clone multiple VMs at once time but the VMC vCenter will not process more than 8 VMs at once.
Customer needs to recreate a Horizon VDI Desktop Pool but is limited to rebuilding the VMs in sets of 8.
Any VM clone operations beyond 8 at a time will be sitting waiting to be processed.
Cause
VMC vCenters by default have the config.vpxd.ResourceManager.maxCostPerHost configuration set to 8 across the fleet.
Resolution
There is no resolution to this issue as it is a known limitation of VMC vCenters.
Additional Information
Work with your VMC Account team to enter a VMC Feature Request should you wish to see this configuration be changeable on the VMC platform.
https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Is-there-a-Maximum-Number-of-Concurrent-Clone-Operations/td-p/1612604
Impact/Risks:
Customers cannot clone more than 8 VMs at once.
https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Is-there-a-Maximum-Number-of-Concurrent-Clone-Operations/td-p/1612604
Impact/Risks:
Customers cannot clone more than 8 VMs at once.
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