"vSphere HA failover operation in progress in cluster <Cluster Name> and <Datacenter Name>: 0 VMs being restarted, 1 VMs waiting for a retry, 0 VMs waiting for resources, 0 inaccessible vSAN VMs Configuration Issue ."

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Receiving task/error when running vSphere HA: "vSphere HA failover operation in progress in cluster  <Cluster Name> and <Datacenter Name>: 0 VMs being restarted, 1 VMs waiting for a retry, 0 VMs waiting for resources, 0 inaccessible vSAN VMs Configuration Issue" 

Environment

vSphere 8.0

vSphere 7.0

Cause

The issue is caused by changes made to hosts/vms while HA is enabled. HA needs to be disabled/re-enabled to notice changes.

Resolution

1. Log in to the vSphere Web Client. The default URL is: https://vCenter_Server_FQDN:9443/vsphere-client 
2. In the Home screen, click Hosts and Clusters.
3. Locate the cluster.
4. Right-click the cluster and click Settings.
5. Click vSphere HA located under Services.
6. Click Edit.
7. Deselect the Turn On vSphere HA option.
8. To enable HA repeat the above steps and select Turn on VMware HA option.
9. Click OK.