Error: "...PlacementException NO_FEASIBLE_PLACEMENT_SOLUTION" when moving virtual machine between clusters

Products

• VMware Cloud Director

Issue/Introduction

• Moving Virtual Machine(VM)/vApp from one Organization VDC(OVDC) to another fails.
• From the Cloud Director UI and logs, the following error is referenced:
  
  [ ########-####-####-####-############ ] VM VMname (VMID####-####-####-####-############) failed to update and has been rolled back. The operation failed because no suitable resource was found. Out of 1 candidate hubs: 
 1 hubs eliminated because: Only contains rejected VM Groups(s): [[VMGroup-01]]  Rejected hubs: resgroup-01 PlacementException NO_FEASIBLE_PLACEMENT_SOLUTION 
 - VM VMname (VMID####-####-####-####-############) failed to update and has been rolled back. The operation failed because no suitable resource was found. Out of 1 candidate hubs: 
 1 hubs eliminated because: Only contains rejected VM Groups(s): [[VMGroup-01]]  Rejected hubs: resgroup-01 PlacementException NO_FEASIBLE_PLACEMENT_SOLUTION 
  
  
• The error is seen regardless of the power state of the VM.
• The OVDC(s) are backed by different clusters.

Environment

VMware Cloud Director

Cause

The issue occurs when the VM(s) are part of the VM group(s) tying it to specific hosts within the source cluster preventing it from moving to a host in the destination cluster.

Resolution

Remove the VM(s) from the VM Groups and move the VM to the destination cluster. To remove VM from the VM Group in vCenter:

• Browse to the cluster in the vSphere Client.
• Click the Configure tab.
• Under Configuration, select VM/Host Groups.
• Select the VM Group referenced in the error message. 
• The VM(s) part of the group are listed in the same window, select the affected VM and click Remove.