Error "No Provider VDC found" thown when editing Placement Policies in Cloud Director
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Issue/Introduction
- trying to edit and update existing global placement policies we get error "
No Provider VDC found (com.vmware.vcloud.entity.providervdc:xxxxxxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxxxxxxx"
Environment
VMware Cloud Director 10.5.1.1
Cause
This issue is caused from a Provider VDC that no longer exist and still referenced in the Placement Policy that require to be edited.
Resolution
This issue can be resolved via api-explorer.
Here the steps to follow:
1. From the Cloud Director UI, select the Placement Policy and gather the vcdComputePolicyId from url
2. Access the api-explorer : https://<vcd_fqdn>/api-explorer/provider and search for vcdComputePolicies2
3. Select the option GET /2.0.0.0/vcdComputePolicies/vcdComputePolicyId to gather the specified organization VDC compute policy
4. Copy the content of the output from the GET on step 3 in a text file
5. From the output correct the prov_id as seen on the error message, with the correct prov_id
6. Select the option PUT /2.0.0.0/vcdComputePolicies/vcdComputePolicyId to update the specified organization VDC compute policy
7. Copy the modified output as per step 5 and paste it in the PUT api and execute it.
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