Unable to apply vSphere license to ESXi hosts

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi
• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

The selected license does not support some of the feature that are currently in use by the licensed assets - vSphere DRS

 

DRS is turned off at the cluster level

Environment

vCenter Server 7.0.x
vCenter Server 8.0.x

Cause

vSphere 8 Essentials Plus is not licensed for vSphere DRS features https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-datasheet-vsphere-product-line-comparison

A Scheduled Task is running, utilizing a DRS function


/var/log/vmware/vpxd/vpxd.log

 2024-09-28T20:02:12.908Z info vpxd[] [Originator@6876 sub=drmLogger opID=xxxxxxxx-auto-10u-h5:xxxxxxxx] DRS automation level of cluster [vim.ClusterComputeResource:domain-c,XX Cluster] is fullyAutomated
2024-09-29T20:00:01.988Z info vpxd[] [Originator@6876 sub=drmLogger opID=ProcessScheduledTaskFiring-xxxxx] DRS automation level of cluster [vim.ClusterComputeResource:domain-c,XX Cluster] is fullyAutomated
2024-09-30T09:58:20.251+02:00 info vpxd[] [Originator@6876 sub=InvtDomain] Initialized DRS automation level of cluster XX Cluster to fullyAutomated
2024-09-30T11:46:22.973+02:00 info vpxd[] [Originator@6876 sub=InvtDomain] Initialized DRS automation level of cluster XX Cluster to fullyAutomated
2024-10-06T22:00:02.188+02:00 info vpxd[] [Originator@6876 sub=drmLogger opID=ProcessScheduledTaskFiring-xxxxx] DRS automation level of cluster [vim.ClusterComputeResource:domain-c, XX Cluster] is fullyAutomated
2024-10-08T14:33:42.522+02:00 info vpxd[] [Originator@6876 sub=InvtDomain] Initialized DRS automation level of cluster XX Cluster to fullyAutomated

**Note some features or license may differ**

Resolution

• Remove the scheduled task utilizing the un-licensed feature


• Disable DRS on the Cluster


• Assign the license to the required assets