Error "Remove Compute Policy from VMs in this vDC before unpublishing when trying to remove sizing policy" when attempting to remove sizing policy in VMware Cloud Director

Products

• VMware Cloud Director

Issue/Introduction

• New Sizing policy is created and set as default. Attempting to remove the sizing policy that previously set as default fails with following error in UI:
  
  
  
  
• In /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/logs/vcloud-container-debug.log of VCD cell, you see entries similar to:
  
  "stackTrace": "com. vmware. vcloud. api.presentation. service. BadRequestException: Organization OrgVDC_Name is currently using Compute Policies [System Default]. Remove Compute Policy from VMs in this vDC before unpublishing.\n\tat com. vmware. ssdc.backend.dao. impl. ComputePolicyDaoImpl. updateVdcComputePolicyInVdc (ComputePolicyDaoImpl. java:2150)\n\tat java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0 (Native Method) \n\tat java. base/jdk. internal. reflect. NativeMethodAccessorImpl. invoke (NativeMethodAccessorImpl. java: 62) \n\tat
java.base/jdk. internal.reflect. DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl. invoke (DelegatingMethodAccessor Impl. java: 43) \n\tat java.base/java.lang. reflect.
  
  
   

Environment

VMware Cloud Director 10.6.x

Cause

This issue occurs on system default sizing policies that remain locked in default state in the database even though a different sizing policy is set as default

Resolution

Database modifications are required to delete such sizing policies from Cloud Director.  Please open a Support Request with Broadcom Technical Support and note this Article ID (407799) in the problem description. For more information, see Creating and managing Broadcom support cases.