[VMC] Privilege check failed events seen in vCenter post SDDC upgrade to 1.24

Products

• VMware Cloud on AWS

Issue/Introduction

After Control Plane Upgrade of VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC to 1.24 (with vCenter version: 8.0.2), you may notice continuous generation of the below events in vCenter:-

• Privilege check failed for user VMC.LOCAL\vmware-vsm-########-####-####-####-############ for missing permission Sessions.TerminateSession. Session user performing the check: VMC.LOCAL\vmware-vsm-########-####-####-####-############

Environment

VMware Cloud on AWS

Cause

The pre-defined role: VsmSvcRole used by the VSM service account user does not have the required privilege: Sessions > View and stop sessions

Resolution

Raise a Wolken case with the VMware Cloud on AWS team with the below details:-

• SDDC details (Get Support)
• Screenshot of the events seen

 

Additional Information

• "Privilege check failed for user VSPHERE.LOCAL\vmware-vsm-... for missing permission Sessions.TerminateSession" events in vCenter Server following upgrade to 8.0U2 (On-prem KB)
• SDDC Upgrades and Maintenance