Onboarding a VM to Aria Automation fails with "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: link is required" if the VM has been previously unregistered

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

Trying to onboard a VM into Aria Auto when that VM has previously been unregistered from the same Aria Auto environment will cause the onboard task to fail with the below error:

"Machine Import Error
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: link is required"

Environment

Aria Automation 8.13 - 8.16.0.

Resolution

Fixed in Aria Automation 8.16.1 and higher versions.