host showing out of compliance when trying to remediate

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

When attempting to check for cluster compliance host will not remediate due to setting in  /profile/esx/vmkernel/module_settings/#

Environment

ESXi 7.X

ESXi 8.X

ESXi 9.X

Cause

Additional VMkernel modules are installed on the host that aren't present in the other hosts in the cluster causing a remediation failure

Resolution

 

SSH to one host that is compliant and the non compliant hosts and run

esxcli system module list

Compare the outputs to identify the unneeded modules

once unneeded module are identified, remove them with:

esxcli system module parameters clear –module module_name

Additional Information

 

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere-sdks-tools/6-5/command-line-interface-concepts-and-examples/managing-hosts/managing-vmkernel-modules/manage-modules-with-esxcli.html