While attaching a profile to the host UI shows this error... "No reference host found for profile"
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While attaching a profile to the host UI shows this error... "No reference host found for profile"

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Article ID: 413097

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Products

VMware vSphere ESXi VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

  • Exporting the host profile of ESXi 7.x managed by vCenter 7.x and attaching the host profile to ESXi 8.x managed by vCenter 8.x.
  • Exporting the host profile of ESXi 8.x managed by vCenter 8.x and attaching the host profile to ESX 9.x managed by vCenter 9.x.
  • While editing a host profile, you see this error in the UI: Warning: New values caused validation errors. Original values have been preserved.

In vCenter, /var/log/vmware/vpxd/vpxd.log

YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.###-##:## warning vpxd[06722] [Originator@6876 sub=profileUtil opID=mfvexdlm-145204-auto-341i-h5:70051473-51] [FilterHos
tsByProfileVersion] Could not find a host matching the required profile version 7.0.3.
YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.###-##:## warning vpxd[06722] [Originator@6876 sub=profileUtil opID=mfvexdlm-145204-auto-341i-h5:70051473-51] [FilterHos
tsByProfileVersion] Could not find a host matching the required profile version 7.0.3.
YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.###-##:## error vpxd[06722] [Originator@6876 sub=moHostProfile opID=mfvexdlm-145204-auto-341i-h5:70051473-51] [FindRefer
enceHost]: No reference host found for profile <host Profile>

YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.###-##:## error vpxd[06620] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=mfvexdlm-145204-auto-341h-h5:70051473-de] [VpxLRO] -- ERRO
R lro-15715442 -- 52511a57-####-####-####-047ae77b2ac5(52aae123-####-####-####-285b5ee9362b) -- HostProfileManager -- vim.profile.host.Profi
leManager.queryMetadata: :vim.fault.InvalidProfileReferenceHost
--> Result:
--> (vim.fault.InvalidProfileReferenceHost) {
-->    faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
-->    faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) [
-->       (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) {
-->          key = "com.vmware.vim.vpxd.profile.MissingReferenceHost",
-->          arg = <unset>,
-->          message = <unset>
-->       }
-->    ],
-->    reason = "missingReferenceHost",
-->    host = <unset>,
-->    profile = <unset>,
-->    profileName = "<host Profile>"
-->    msg = ""
--> }
--> Args:
-->
--> Arg profiles:
--> (ManagedObjectReference) [
-->    'vim.profile.host.HostProfile:7e0203c8-####-####-####-db93c6e1939a:hostprofile-###'
--> ]
--> Arg metadataTypes:
--> (string) [
-->    "profile",
-->    "policy",
-->    "category",
-->    "component"
--> ]
 
 

Environment

  • vCenter 8.x
  • vCenter 9.x
  • ESXi 8.x
  • ESX 9.x

Cause

Incompatible profile being attached to the ESXi

Resolution

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