Task returned for executeClusterHostSeedingWorkflow API cannot be tracked through the UI

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• Attempting to create a lifecycle managed cluster using host seeding through the UI, no task is shown for the underlying executeClusterHostSeedingWorkflow API invoked.

Note: The individual API operations including host seeding, cluster creation, addition of hosts, each have their own standalone tasks that are created after the previous operation completes. If the host seeding task fails, then the subsequent cluster creation task is never created.

• No task is shown for the executeClusterHostSeedingWorkflow API when attempting to add hosts to an existing lifecycle managed cluster using host seeding.

Note: You will have to look at the tasks of each individual API operation to get the overall status of the API.

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 7.0.x

Resolution

This is expected behavior.

The executeClusterHostSeedingWorkflow API is an internal task API. Internal task APIs are Session-scoped and such tasks are not available for tracking by the UI.