Veeam VM Replicas - vSwitch "Not Connected"

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

You may witness a vSwitch that is "Not Connected" within vCenter's Inventory and not associated to any specific VM:

Also known as a 'ghost' vSwitch.

Environment

vSphere version=7.0.3, build=24026615

Cause

This is due to Veeam related snapshots pre-existing configuration, that haven't rotated or been consolidated/deleted.

Resolution

You may not be able to consolidate/delete any of the related Veeam snapshots as they're a component of their replication schedule. The schedule should clean itself up automatically and may not require any manual intervention. However, if the issue persists, you may need to delete the snapshot to remove this 'ghost' vSwitch.