vRealize products will not be discovered automatically in vRSLCM if the vAPP options on the VM are disabled and then enabled again.

Products

• VMware
• VMware Aria Operations for Networks
• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

Re-Enabling vApp Options on any Virtual Machine in vCenter will lead to the VM being not discovered by vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. Suggested workaround would resolve this issue.

Symptoms:
Disabling and Enabling vApp options on a VM will lead to disappearance of OVF Properties in vCenter, which leads to VM being not discovered in vRSLCM

Cause

Re-Enabling vApp options for a VM in vCenter leads to disappearance of OVF Properties.

Resolution

Recommend to implement the workaround for now.

Workaround:

While the Fix is being worked on, how can VMware customers resolve the issue through a workaround?

Edit the vApp Product Properties - Configure vApp Product Properties
 

1. Right-click a vApp in the inventory and click Edit Settings.

2. To enter product and vendor information, click the Details tab.

   vApp Setting	Description
   Name	Product name.
   Product URL	If you enter a product URL, a user can click the product name on the virtual machine summary page and go to the product's web page.
   Vendor	Vendor name.
   Vendor URL	If you enter a vendor URL, a user can click the vendor name from the Summary page of the virtual machine and go to the vendor's web page.

3. Click OK.

Product Name should be provided as below:

vROPS	vRealize Operations Manager Appliance
vRNI	VMware vRealize Network Insight Platform
vRLI	VMware vRealize Log Insight
vRA	vRealize Automation or VMware vRealize Appliance
vRASSC	VMware vRealize Automation SaltStack Config
vIDM	IdentityManager