Error on VM : "Object has already been deleted or has not been completely created"

Products

• VMware vCenter Server
• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Error while migrating the VM or reverting a snapshot: "The object 'vim.VirtualMachine:vm-name' has already been deleted or has not been completely created"

• Reverting to a snapshot in vCenter Server fails with the error:

  This object has already been deleted or has not been completely created.

• Unable to power on or migrate a cloned virtual machine.
• In the location less /var/log/vmware/vpxd/vpxd.log inx vCenter Server logs, you see entries similar to:

  'App' opID=********-0000xxxx] [VpxLRO] -- ERROR task-48xxxx -- <vm-moid> -- vim.vm.Snapshot.revert: vmodl.fault.ManagedObjectNotFound:
  -Result:
  -(vmodl.fault.ManagedObjectNotFound) {
  - dynamicType = <unset>,
  -faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
  : obj = 'vim.vm.Snapshot:<snapshot-moid>',
  - msg = "",

   

• In the location  less /var/run/log/hostd.log on esxi , you see entries similar to:

  info 'Vmomi'] Throw vmodl.fault.ManagedObjectNotFound
  info 'Vmomi'] Result:
  (vmodl.fault.ManagedObjectNotFound) {
  dynamicType = <unset>,
  faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
  obj = 'vim.vm.Snapshot:<snapshot-moid>',
  msg = "",
  }

Environment

• VMware vCenter Server 7.x
• VMware vCenter Server 8.x
• VMware ESXi Server 7.x
• VMware ESXi Server 8.x

Cause

• This issue occurs due to a mismatched snapshot object id in vCenter Server database.
• The mismatch can be triggered by migrating the powered off virtual machine to a different ESXi host then restarting the vpxd service.

Resolution

1. Restart hostd and vpxa service on the ESXi host where the problematic VM is residing .
2. Re-register the VM