vCenter logs warning “No managed dpus present; Skipping fetch for host” in vpxd.log

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

In vCenter 8.0 and later, administrators may observe the following warning messages repeatedly appearing in the vpxd.log:

YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.###Z warning vpxd[####] [Originator@### sub=StatsRegistry opID=PollQuickStatsLoop-######] No managed dpus present; Skipping fetch for host: [vim.HostSystem:host-##,<ESXi name>]

These warnings are generated periodically for each ESXi host managed by vCenter.

Environment

• vCenter Server 8.0 and later
• ESXi 8.0 and later
• Environments without DPU (Data Processing Unit, also known as SmartNIC)

Cause

Starting from vCenter Server 8.0, the vpxd process includes a background task that collects DPU-related statistics from all connected hosts.

If an ESXi host does not have any managed DPU devices, vCenter logs the above warning:

“No managed dpus present; Skipping fetch for host”

This message simply indicates that the host does not contain a DPU from which statistics can be gathered.

Resolution

If the ESXi host does not include a DPU, these warnings are expected and can be safely ignored.

• No action is required.

• These warnings do not impact vCenter Server functionality or performance.

• DPU statistics collection automatically skips non-DPU hosts.

If DPU hardware is later added to a host and properly detected by vCenter, the message will no longer appear.