Replication in "Fail-Over" state after a replication task failed

Products

• VMware Cloud Director

Issue/Introduction

• The replication shows "Fail-Over" state on on the Incoming Replications view of the VMware Cloud Director Availability (VCDA) Portal for the affected replication.
• The replication is still synchronizing and creating instances but the state is not correct.
• The options to failover, test-failover and migrate are grayed.

Environment

VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.7.3

Cause

The cause for this issue is an inconsistency between the replicator and manager Data Bases caused by a failed replication task like Test-Failover, Failover or Migration.

Resolution

To resolve this problem reboot the Manager VM.

• Log in to the management interface of the Manager Appliance:
• In a Web browser, go to https://Appliance-IP-Address/ui/admin
• Select Appliance login or SSO login and enter the root or the single sign-on user credentials.
  Click Login.
• In the left pane, click System Health.
• In the System health page, click Reboot VM.
• In the Reboot VM window, to confirm the restart operation click Reboot.