Error: "NullPointerException" when deleting a named disk

Products

• VMware Cloud Director

Issue/Introduction

• Unable to delete the named disk due the error:
  
  Error: [########-####-####-#############] class java.lang.NullPointerException


• Detaching the disk as per the documentation, Attach or Detach a VMware Cloud Director Named Disk to a Virtual Machine, there is no task initiated in VMware Cloud Director UI.
• There are no VMs associated with the named disk.
• The named disk status on the UI is "unknown".

Environment

VMware Cloud Director 10.6.x

Cause

This issue can occur when the disk was not correctly created.

Resolution

For assistance, contact Broadcom Support and note this Article ID (420068) in the problem description. For more information, see Creating and managing Broadcom support cases .