Unable to apply DRS resource settings on host, after upgrading ESXi

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

After upgrading ESXi, a critical alarm appeared stating, "Unable to apply DRS resource settings on host. . This can significantly reduce the effectiveness of DRS."

In hostd log you may see the following:

<Timestamp> verbose hostd[2122679] [Originator@6876 sub=Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/VOLUME_UUID/VM_NAME/VM_NAME.vmx opID=OPID user=vpxuser] Preparing resource pool update
<Timestamp> info hostd[2122679] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.TaskManager opID=OPID user=vpxuser] Task Completed : haTask-poolXXX-vim.ManagedEntity.destroy-1623 Status error
<Timestamp> info hostd[2123840] [Originator@6876 sub=Solo.Vmomi opID=OPID user=vpxuser] Throw vim.fault.DuplicateName

Environment

vCenter 7.x

Cause

An inaccessible virtual machine in the vCenter inventory can cause this alert.

 

Resolution

Unregistering the invalid virtual machine from the ESXi host clears the error.