Unable to add/remove/edit port mirroring sessions in vSphere 8.0

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0
• VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Issue/Introduction

• After upgrading vSphere to 8.0, adding, removing, or editing port mirroring sessions fails with the following error, “A specified parameter was not correct: port[###] cannot be add/edit here, for it was used by same or other sessions”. (The port number can vary, depending on the environment)
• The /var/log/vmware/vpxd/vpxd.log file on vCenter reports the error below related to the port mirroring session when trying to edit it:
  

  YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.890Z error vpxd[11075] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=########] [VpxLRO] -- ERROR task-######## -- ################(########################) -- dvs-
  ######## -- vim.DistributedVirtualSwitch.reconfigure: :vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument
  --> Result:
  --> (vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument) {
  -->    faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
  -->    faultMessage = <unset>,
  -->    invalidProperty = port[###] can not be add/edit here, for it was used by same or other sessions"
  -->    msg = ""
  --> }

• When tried to remove the above specific session, which is the port mirror it fails with error: "A specified parameter was not correct: port[####] can not be add/edit here, for it was used by same or other sessions"

Environment

VMware vSphere 8.0

Cause

This is expected behavior in vSphere 8.0 as "A source mirroring port cannot be used in more than one mirroring session"

 

 

Resolution

Contact Broadcom Support for assistance.

Contact Broadcom support : https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/206567/ 

Additional Information

Note:

If VCHA is in use, it needs to be placed in maintenance mode or destroyed before performing the aforementioned steps.

See Edit the vCenter HA Cluster Configuration and Remove a vCenter HA Configuration for further information.