Error: "Threshold would be violated" when editing VM settings in VMware Cloud Director
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Issue/Introduction
When attempting to modify the settings of an existing Virtual Machine (e.g., changing CPU, Memory, or Network) in VMware Cloud Director, the task fails with the following error:
The operation failed because no suitable resource was found... Storage containers were rejected because: Threshold would be violated.
Environment
VMware Cloud Director 10.x
Cause
The VMware Cloud Director placement engine performs a validation check on the storage container hosting the VM during any reconfiguration task. If the datastore has breached the "Yellow" or "Red" thresholds configured in the Provider portal, the placement engine marks the resource as invalid, preventing any updates to VMs residing on that datastore.
Resolution
To resolve the issue:
- Inspect the current storage capacity utilization on the storage container/datastore(s).
- Inspect the configured Yellow/Red thresholds in Cloud Director.
- Log in to the Cloud Director Provider Portal.
- Navigate to Resources > Infrastructure > vSphere Resources > Storage Containers.
- Locate the datastore where the VM resides.
- Compare the Used Space against the Yellow/Red Threshold percentages.
Configure Low Disk Space Thresholds for a Provider Virtual Data Center Storage Container:
View the Datastores and Datastore Clusters on a Provider Virtual Data Center in Your VMware Cloud Director
Based on your inspection of the environment, take appropriate action to make additional capacity available on the storage container/datastore(s) or modify the Yellow/Red threshold settings as appropriate.
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