[VCF]Synchronize domain inventory fails after removing a host from vCenter

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

The task would fail with the following error.

Description	Synchronize domain inventory
Progress Messages	Import operation for sync with id <id> failed internally. Command was python3 /opt/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/scripts/vcf-import-tool/vcf_brownfield.py sync --domain-name domain_name --skip-ssh-thumbprint-validation --internal-vcf-auth --output-dir /var/log/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/brownfield/<id>/ --non-interactive. Please check the log files located in /var/log/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/brownfield/<id>/ on the SDDC Manager appliance
Error	Message: Import operation for sync with id <id> failed internally. Command was python3 /opt/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/scripts/vcf-import-tool/vcf_brownfield.py sync --domain-name domain_name --skip-ssh-thumbprint-validation --internal-vcf-auth --output-dir /var/log/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/brownfield/<id>/ --non-interactive. Please check the log files located in /var/log/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/brownfield/<id>/ on the SDDC Manager appliance Remediation Message: Reference Token: XXXXXX Cause:

 

In the logs, you will find these snippets

var/log/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/brownfield/<id>/vcf_brownfield.log

[YYYY-MM-DD 07:22:17,602] [CRITICAL] vcf_brownfield:1007: Failed to sync domain domain_name

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/opt/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/scripts/vcf-import-tool/vcf_brownfield.py", line 1000, in sync_domain

    edge_sync.sync_edge_clusters(mark_all_enabled=args.import_edge_clusters_

  File "/opt/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/scripts/vcf-import-tool/edge_cluster_sync/sync_edge_clusters.py", line 172, in sync_edge_clusters

    raise NsxEdgeSyncSyncException(err_msg)

common.common_exceptions.NsxEdgeSyncException: To import Edges, NSX Manager cluster <name> must be at least version 9.0 but it has version ('4.2.3.1.0.24954571)

[YYYY-MM-DD 07:22:17,610] [INFO] vcf_brownfield:633: Operation ESC[93msyncESC[00m completed on target: domain_name with status:FAIL

 

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 

Resolution

Workaround:

1. Login to VCF Operations
2. Click on Inventory
3. Expand the inventory and select the domain
4. Click on Actions and select 'Sync Inventory'
   Do not select synchronize NSX Edge cluster from the Sync Inventory dialog box.
5. Click on 'I acknowledge' check box SYNC INVENTORY button.