vCenter has duplicate endpoints

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

lsdoctor shows duplicate endpoints.

YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS ERROR generateReport: <site>\<vCenter_FQDN> (VC 7.0 or CGW) found Duplicates Found: Ignore if this is the PSC HA VIP.  Otherwise, you must unregister the extra endpoints.

 

Environment

vCenter Server 7.x
vCenter Server 8.x

Cause

This issue occurs in these situations when using Enhanced Linked Mode:

• Another vCenter Server in the Single Sign-On (SSO) domain has restarted or is not fully available after restart.
• During the re-installation of the vCenter Server, it is possible to have the same vCenter Server registered more than once to the Single Sign-On (SSO).
• With a previous install of vCenter Server, SSL certificates were not overwritten or appropriately removed during an upgrade or re-installation.

Resolution

• Follow KB Error: "Could not connect to one or more vCenter Server Systems" in the vSphere Client to verify duplicate endpoints.
• If you have duplicates take a powered off snapshot of all linked vCenters and then follow above KB to remove the duplicate endpoint.

Additional Information

Using the 'lsdoctor' Tool