The CPU usage of the vpxd process in vCenter Server is spiking.

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

• The CPU usage of the vpxd process is spiking.
• The vpxd logs frequently show entries like the following.

YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.ZZZ+09:00 error vpxd[06888] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=2df554c3] [VpxLRO] -- ERROR lro-40523483 -- [session id]([id]) -- propertyCollector -- vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.retrievePropertiesEx: :vmodl.fault.ManagedObjectNotFound
--> Result:
--> (vmodl.fault.ManagedObjectNotFound) {
-->    faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null, 
-->    faultMessage = <unset>, 
-->    obj = 'vim.dvs.DistributedVirtualPortgroup:dvportgroup-xxxxx'
-->    msg = ""
--> }
--> Args:

 

Environment

vCenter Server 7.x
vCenter Server 8.x

Cause

Information is being retrieved for a non-existent port in the target session.

Resolution

Identify the service that has established the session and stop processing for non-existent objects.