2025-01-07T22:04:18,653+0000 ERROR [DistTaskDistributedTaskDescribe] com.vmware.vcops.controller.data.utils.AdapterDescribeManager.describeAdapters - Could n
ot process describe for adapter "EMC": FunctionException: org.apache.geode.cache.execute.FunctionException: com.vmware.vcops.platform.gemfire.GemfireFunction$
MethodInvocationException: RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Describe would remove resources, so we are failing to describe. Problematic resource
kind is EMC:Disk. Please mark this kind as deleted to remove with the child resources or repair the adapter and try again!
Note: Before attempting the following steps please ensure that snapshots have been taken of all nodes in the Aria Operations cluster as per How to take a Snapshot of VMware Aria Operations
/storage/db/vcops/data/cache/0.cache
and /storage/db/vcops/data/cache/.lock
find /storage/db/vcops/data/ -type f -not -regex '.*/[2][0][2][0-9]_[0-9][0-9]_.*.dat' -and ! -regex '.*/[2][0][1][7-9]_[0-9][0-9]_.*.dat' -and ! -name '*dtr' -and ! -name 'mps_*'
An example of a corrupted file is as follows:
/usr/lib/vmware-vcops/data/8/8584/163603858_02_8584.dat.
Note the future timestamp at the end of the file in bold.
An example of a valid file is as follows:
/usr/lib/vmware-vcops/data/10/10718/2020_10_10718.dat.
Note the relatable timestamp in bold.
In rare cases, you may see files prior to the year 2000, these can be deleted.
0.cache
, you need to delete them.