VM assigned to one of the Port ID on VLAN portgroup is not working, error seen in logs: "port[###] can not be add/edit here, for it was used by same or other sessions"

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

• • Hosts are upgraded from 7.0 to 8.0
  • There are port mirroring sessions in the environment on the DVS
  • When a new VM is deployed and connected to a VLAN port group and when this VM is manually assigned a specific port ID, the VM loses reachability
  • The /var/log/vmware/vpxd/vpxd.log file on vCenter reports the error below related to the port mirroring session when trying to edit it:

             YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.890Z error vpxd[11075] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=########] [VpxLRO] -- ERROR task-######## -- ################(########################) -- dvs-######## -- vim.DistributedVirtualSwitch.reconfigure: :vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument
          --> Result:
          --> (vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument) {
          -->    faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
          -->    faultMessage = <unset>,
          -->    invalidProperty = port[###] can not be add/edit here, for it was used by same or other sessions"
          -->    msg = ""
          --> }

  

• • When tried to remove the above specific port #, which is the port mirror it fails with error:       

                                     

Environment

VMware vSphere 8.0

VMware vCenter 8.0

Cause

This is expected behavior in vSphere 8.0 as "A source mirroring port cannot be used in more than one mirroring session" 

Resolution

Contact Broadcom Support for assistance.

Contact Broadcom support : https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/206567/