Recurring alerts in vCenter server for vSphere Replication Management server Error : 'InvalidRequest' (com.vmware.vcenter.tokenservice.invalid_request)

Products

• VMware Live Recovery
• VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• The vSphere replication tasks are working fine; however, we see recurring alerts in the vCenter server for the vSphere Replication Management server with the following error message.

A generic error occurred in Vsphere Replication Management server. Exception details: 'InvalidRequest' (com.vmware.vcenter.tokenservice.invalid_request)=>{messages=[LocalizableMessage(com.vmwarevapi.std.localizable_message)=>{id= com.vmware.vcenter.tokenservice.exceptions.invalidrequest,defaultmessage = Unknown audience value;vmware-tes:esx:hbr ,args = [] ,params = <null> ,localized = <null>}],data= <null>},

•  Here is a screenshot of the error observed in the vSphere Web Client. In the example below, you can see that the error keeps reoccurring in the vSphere Task list every 17 ms (the time interval may vary depending on the environment).

• The Source vCenter version is vCenter Server 8.0 GA and the DR vCenter vCenter version is on vCenter Server 8.0 Update 3d
• The SRM and vSphere Replication versions is 9.0.2 on both Source and DR

Environment

vCenter Server 8. X

VMware vSphere Replication 9.X

Cause

This is a known issue in the early vCenter Server GA build. 

Resolution

Upgrade the problematic vCenter Server to vCenter Server 8.0 Update 2b or the latest build.