Running a Reprotect test in VMware Site Recovery Manager fails with the error: There are not enough licenses installed to perform the operation

Products

• VMware Live Recovery

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• Running a Reprotect test in VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) fails.
• Running a Disaster Recover test in SRM fails.
• You see error similar to:
  
  There are not enough licenses installed to perform the operation.
  

Environment

VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.8.x

Cause

This issue occurs when a license is not assigned to an individual asset. If you have re-installed vCenter Server, the license for an SRM asset can become unassigned.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, assign a license key to the asset and restart the SRM service on the recovery site.