Unable to deploy vApps/VM's in VMware Cloud Director

Products

• VMware Cloud Director

Issue/Introduction

When attempting to deploy vApps/VM's in VMware Cloud Director the task gets stuck and will not complete.  

In the /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/logs/vcloud-container-debug.log you see entries similar to:

2025-05-15 09:09:53,972 | INFO     | processor-propertyCollectorEvent | DefaultActivityQueueProcessor  | Not processing DefaultActivityQueue [frameworkToken=propertyCollectorEvent] as the current state is PAUSED |
2025-05-15 09:09:53,972 | INFO     | processor-ContentLibrary  | DefaultActivityQueueProcessor  | Not processing DefaultActivityQueue [frameworkToken=ContentLibrary] as the current state is PAUSED |
2025-05-15 09:09:53,972 | INFO     | processor-vcTask          | DefaultActivityQueueProcessor  | Not processing DefaultActivityQueue [frameworkToken=vcTask] as the current state is PAUSED |
2025-05-15 09:09:53,972 | INFO     | processor-VALC            | DefaultActivityQueueProcessor  | Not processing DefaultActivityQueue [frameworkToken=VALC] as the current state is PAUSED |
2025-05-15 09:09:53,972 | INFO     | processor-NetworkingWeb   | DefaultActivityQueueProcessor  | Not processing DefaultActivityQueue [frameworkToken=NetworkingWeb] as the current state is PAUSED |
2025-05-15 09:09:53,972 | INFO     | processor-vsmListener     | DefaultActivityQueueProcessor  | Not processing DefaultActivityQueue [frameworkToken=vsmListener] as the current state is PAUSED |
2025-05-15 09:09:53,972 | INFO     | processor-propertyCollector | DefaultActivityQueueProcessor  | Not processing DefaultActivityQueue [frameworkToken=propertyCollector] as the current state is PAUSED |
2025-05-15 09:09:53,972 | INFO     | processor-TaskService     | DefaultActivityQueueProcessor  | Not processing DefaultActivityQueue [frameworkToken=TaskService] as the current state is PAUSED |
2025-05-15 09:09:54,132 | INFO     | processor-Multisite       | DefaultActivityQueueProcessor  | Not processing DefaultActivityQueue [frameworkToken=Multisite] as the current state is PAUSED |
2025-05-15 09:09:54,132 | INFO     | processor-StatsFeeder     | DefaultActivityQueueProcessor  | Not processing DefaultActivityQueue [frameworkToken=StatsFeeder] as the current state is PAUSED |

Environment

VMware Cloud Director 10.6.X
VMware Cloud Director 10.5.X

Cause

This issue is caused if one or more of the VMware Cloud Director Cells are quiesced.

Resolution

To resolve this issue set the quiescing of the VMware Cloud Director cells to false using the cell management tool:

/opt/vmware/vcloud-director/bin/cell-management-tool cell -u administrator -p <password> -q false

Once quiescing has been disabled vApps/VM's can be deployed successfully.