REST API call to remove protection for a VM that has already been deleted fails.

Products

• VMware Live Recovery

Issue/Introduction

REST API call to remove protection for a VM that has already been deleted fails.

 

Example error message:

 

PSMessageDetails      :
Exception             : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.HttpResponseException: Response status code does not indicate success: 404 (Not Found).
                           at System.Management.Automation.MshCommandRuntime.ThrowTerminatingError(ErrorRecorderrorRecord)
TargetObject          : Method: POST, RequestUri: 'https://vcenter.example.com/api/rest/srm/v2/pairings/55169ee6-a6fa-363c-b4c8-9c8808e79d43/protection-management/groups/DrReplicationVmProtectionGroup:vm-protection-group-2000:dddbf270-bd93-4fc2-1234-4bbcd0ef04e6/vms/VirtualMachine:vm-5269439:6b527989-1234-4321-9478-ffe2f3afe68c/actions/remove-protection', Version: 1.1, Content:System.Net.Http.StringContent, Headers:
                        {
                          Accept: application/json
                          x-dr-session: YzVjOWFhNjAtMmJlOS00OFT2LWJlNzgtZDM2ZWYxNDNmYjNm
                          User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0
                          User-Agent: (Windows NT 10.0; Microsoft Windows 10.0.19045; en-US)
                          User-Agent: PowerShell/7.4.6
                          Accept-Encoding: gzip
                          Accept-Encoding: deflate
                          Accept-Encoding: br
                          Content-Type: application/json
                          Content-Length: 0
                        }
CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (Method: POST, Reque…ontent-Length: 0}:HttpRequestMessage) [Invoke-RestMethod], HttpResponseException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeRestMethodCommand
ErrorDetails          :
InvocationInfo        : System.Management.Automation.InvocationInfo
ScriptStackTrace      : at <ScriptBlock>,
                        C:\Users\grover\SRMUnprotectVM.ps1: line 49
                        at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
PipelineIterationInfo : {}

Environment

Live Recovery (Site Recovery Manager) 8.7

Resolution

Workaround: Removing protection for a deleted VM through the UI.

Fixed in 8.8 and back ported to 8.7.0.4.