"Replicate Security Tags" and "Migrate vCenter Tags" are not retained using the vCenter HCX Plug-in post migration

Products

• VMware HCX

Issue/Introduction

• You are migrating a virtual machine (VM) using HCX, and you have selected the Extended Options -> "Replicate Security Tags" and "Migrate vCenter Tags" using the vCenter HCX Plug-in. 
• Once the VM is migrated to the target vCenter, you observe that the vCenter tags are missing, and the NSX Tags are also missing, despite selecting these options.
• The following error is observed in /common/logs/admin/app.log for the target HCX (HCX Cloud).
  

  <timestamps> UTC [ReplicationTransferService_SvcThread-1718, Ent: DEFAULT, , TxId: ########-####-####-####-############] WARN  c.v.h.s.r.jobs.InstantiateVmJob- Tag information is not available in config row for switchover ########-####-####-####-############, so not attaching tags

Environment

VMware HCX

Resolution

This is a known issue impacting VMware HCX.

Workaround:

• Instead of using the vCenter HCX Plug-In, use the HCX standalone UI.
• The HCX Standalone UI can be used by launching HCX <IP/FQDN> HTTPS (443) in a browser.
  Note: This issue is affecting the vCenter HCX Plug-in only.