Alert on ESXi host: Host profile apply failed with error: Error setting advanced options on the host. View the host logs for details

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

vSphere Client reports the following configuration alert:

Host profile apply failed with error: Error setting advanced options on the host. View the host logs for details

There are no host profiles attached to the ESXi host.

Creating and attaching a host profile to the ESXi host is compliant, however, the alert persists. 

Logs on the ESXi host(vpxa.log and hostd.log) do not report any errors. 

Environment

vCenter Server 8.x

Cause

The alert is stale and has not cleared automatically. 

Resolution

Please open a support case for guidance on resolving the alert. See, Creating and managing Broadcom support request (SR) cases

The alert may need to be manually removed from the vCenter Server database.