Symptoms:
The session is not authenticated. You do not have privileges "PropertyCollector.text session[Session_ID : [System > View]"
vCenter HA has an invalid configuration. Remove vCenter HA to destroy the current cluster configuration and setup vCenter HA again.
/var/log/vmware/vpxd.log
2024-09-03T14:53:32.717+05:30 error vpxd[311870] [Originator@6876 sub=FailoverClusterOperator opID=m0ilqebb-179226-auto-3uaj-h5:70022507] Exception: N5Vmomi1
1MethodFault9ExceptionE(Fault cause: vim.fault.NotAuthenticated
--> )
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2024-09-03T14:53:32.719+05:30 info vpxd[311870] [Originator@6876 sub=vpxLro opID=m0ilqebb-179226-auto-3uaj-h5:70022507] [VpxLRO] -- FINISH task-702063
2024-09-03T14:53:32.719+05:30 error vpxd[311870] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=m0ilqebb-179226-auto-3uaj-h5:70022507] [VpxLRO] -- ERROR task-702063 -- -
- Datacenters -- com.vmware.vcenter.vcha.cluster.deploy: :vim.fault.NotAuthenticated
--> Result:
--> (vim.fault.NotAuthenticated) {
--> faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
--> faultMessage = <unset>,
--> object = 'vmodl.query.PropertyCollector:4d9dc00f-3900-4b33-bb28-bf73ae2c6ea7:session[52c7069a-0e0d-f904-736d-f4c00c3512f2]5235c6f8-24a7-4edc-3a32-12e2
48f45e45',
--> privilegeId = "System.View",
--> missingPrivileges = <unset>
--> msg = "The session is not authenticated."
vCenter Server 8.0.3
This issue occurs due to vSphere-ui client's default logon session timeout stopping the clone tasks in the backend once it times out.
Please follow either of below workaround to increase the vSphere-ui client's default logon session timeout.
Workaround-1
Workaround-2
Steps to increase web client timeout value:
(OR)
/etc/vmware/vsphere-ui/webclient.properties
file session.timeout = <custom_value>
( This value is in minutes)service-control --stop vsphere-ui
service-control --start vsphere-ui