ESXi compliance check scan in a image based cluster fails with error "Another task is already in progress"

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Upon checking ESXi compliance with an image fails with the below error:

A failure occurred when starting a host compliance check operation on host 'host_fqdn' : Error: com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.not_allowed_in_current_state Messages: com.vmware.esx.task.contention<Another task is in progress. Please retry later.>

 

Cause

Probable stale compliance check tasks pending on host.

Resolution

Put the host in maintenance mode and Restart the management agents hostd and vpxa.

Refer to the article below to restart the managements agents.
Restarting Management Agents in ESXi

Note: Restarting the host's management agents may impact currently running tasks, including impact on the guest virtual machines on the host.

If the issue persists even after restarting the management agents, reboot the affected host.