Unable to Delete Data Center Group giving error NullPointerException

Products

• VMware Cloud Director

Issue/Introduction

Errors similar to the following in the log - /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/logs/vcloud-container-debug.log

2025-01-16 17:55:15,538 | WARN     | networking-web-activity-pool-68907 | NsxTVdcGroupNetwork            | Failed in deleting VDC Group Network <Network Name> in VDC Group <Data Center Group Name>| requestId=xxxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxx,request=DELETE https://<VCD UI>/cloudapi/1.0.0/orgVdcNetworks/urn:vcloud:network:xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx,requestTime=1737050114142,remoteAddress=xxx.xxx.xx.xxx:43299,userAgent=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:134.0) Gecko/201...,accept=application/json;version 39.0.0-alpha vcd=xxxxxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxx,task=xxxxxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxx activity=(com.vmware.vcloud.backendbase.management.system.TaskActivity,urn:uuid:xxxxxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxx) activity=(com.vmware.vcloud.networking.services.handlerproxy.activity.vdcgroup.CrossVdcNetworkActivity,urn:uuid:xxxxxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxx)

2025-01-16 17:55:16,386 | DEBUG    | task-service-activity-pool-60 | TaskActivity                   | [Activity Execution] Unable to execute task 'urn:uuid:xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx' - Handle: urn:uuid:xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx, Current Phase: TaskActivity$PostExecutePhase | requestId=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx,request=DELETE https://<VCD UI>/cloudapi/1.0.0/orgVdcNetworks/urn:vcloud:network:xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx,requestTime=1737050114142,remoteAddress=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:43299,userAgent=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:134.0) Gecko/201...,accept=application/json;version 39.0.0-alpha vcd=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx,task=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx activity=(com.vmware.vcloud.backendbase.management.system.TaskActivity,urn:uuid:xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx)
com.vmware.vcloud.api.presentation.service.InternalServerErrorException: Internal Server Error
        at com.vmware.vcloud.common.future.FutureUtil.convertExecutionException(FutureUtil.java:264)
        at com.vmware.vcloud.common.future.FutureUtil.checkCompletedFuture(FutureUtil.java:203)
        at com.vmware.vcloud.backendbase.management.system.TaskActivity$PostExecutePhase.invokeInner(TaskActivity.java:866)
        at com.vmware.vcloud.backendbase.management.system.TaskActivity$TaskActivityBasePhase.invoke(TaskActivity.java:361)
        at com.vmware.vcloud.activity.executors.ActivityRunner.runPhase(ActivityRunner.java:175)
        at com.vmware.vcloud.activity.executors.ActivityRunner.run(ActivityRunner.java:112)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
        at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at com.vmware.vcloud.networking.model.network.TenantNetwork.supportsNsxTDhcp(TenantNetwork.java:548)
        at com.vmware.vcloud.networking.model.network.TenantNetwork.disconnectFromNsxTRouter(TenantNetwork.java:620)
        at com.vmware.vcloud.networking.model.vdcgroup.nsxt.NsxTVdcGroupNetwork.disconnectFromRouter(NsxTVdcGroupNetwork.java:340)

Environment

VMware Cloud Director

Cause

Missing Data when creating Data Center Group

Resolution

The workaround for this issue requires modification of the Cloud Director database.

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