Continuous tasks "The object or item referred to could not be found" by com.vmware.cns

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Continuous tasks appearing in the vCenter Server "The object or item referred to could not be found" initiated by com.vmware.cns user generate every minute

vpxd.log has entries similar to:

[YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS] error vpxd[1017606] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=wcp-vCLS-93] [VpxLRO] -- ERROR lro-743409082 -- 520bf1db-3363-54f1-224b-ae1b48fa0491(52b
ee4fa-9fc4-eef6-0042-169d363216e8) -- propertyCollector -- vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.retrieveContents: :vmodl.fault.ManagedObjectNotFound
--> Result:
--> (vmodl.fault.ManagedObjectNotFound) {
--> faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
--> faultMessage = <unset>,
--> obj = 'vim.ClusterComputeResource:domain-cxxxx'
--> msg = ""
--> }

 

Environment

vCenter Server 7.x

vCenter Server 8.x

Cause

• The cause of these tasks is because deleted Supervisor PVCs are being re-queued for health reconciliation. This can occur if a supervisor cluster is removed in an unsupported manner.
• The volumeHealthReconciler still references these objects even after they are gone and the result is the repeated task in the vCenter UI tasks panel.

Resolution

Broadcom Engineering is aware of the issue. If you are encountering the issue, please contact Broadcom support