Socket read timeout.
/opt/vmware/h4/replicator/log/replicator.log
file on the destination Replicator appliance, you see a message similar to:ERROR - [UI-########-####-####-####-############-r4735-hG-Arg-Ea-9h-Xk] [job-42] com.vmware.h4.jobengine.JobExecution : Task ########-####-####-####-########8cb9 (WorkflowInfo{type='setupDestination', resourceType='replication', resourceId='H4-########-####-####-####-########51ba', isPrivate=false, resourceName='null'}) has failed
com.vmware.exception.ReadTimeoutException: https://vcenter.example.com:443/pbm/sdk invocation failed with "java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out"
at com.vmware.exception.converter.ClientExceptionConverter.convertException(ClientExceptionConverter.java:42)
at com.vmware.vlsi.util.ExceptionConverterInterceptor.handleException(ExceptionConverterInterceptor.java:32)
at com.vmware.vim.vmomi.client.common.impl.ResponseImpl.setError(ResponseImpl.java:263)
...
Caused by: com.vmware.vim.vmomi.client.exception.ConnectionException: https://example.com:443/pbm/sdk invocation failed with "java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out"
at com.vmware.vim.vmomi.client.common.impl.ResponseImpl.setError(ResponseImpl.java:261)
... 29 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out
...
/var/log/vmware/vmware-sps/sps.log
file on the destination vCenter Server, you see messages similar to:[pool-4-thread-15] INFO opId=UI-########-####-####-####-############-r4735-hG-Arg-Ea-9h-Xk com.vmware.pbm.placement.impl.PlacementSolverImpl - Timer stopped: queryMatchingHub, Time taken: 55357 ms.
VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.x
This issue occurs because the PBM service takes too long to complete a placement query and Cloud Director Availability times out while waiting for a response from the vCenter Server.
To resolve this issue, the performance issue on the destination vCenter Server needs to be resolved.
For example, if you are using Aria Operations and vSAN in the destination site you may want to upgrade to the latest release of Aria Operations to reduce the load it places on vCenter Server.
A restart of the vCenter Server can temporarily mitigate this issue. For more information, see Stopping, Starting or Restarting VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.x & above services.