vCenter continues to send requests to scapi.vmware.com
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vCenter continues to send requests to scapi.vmware.com

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Article ID: 431104

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Products

VMware vCenter Server VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Issue/Introduction

  • vCenter Server is not part of a Cloud environment (eg: VMC on AWS)
  • Logs indicating that vCenter continues to send requests to scapi.vmware.com can be found on your proxy or DNS servers

Environment

vCenter Server 8.0 U3

Cause

Regardless of internet reachability, the vmware-pod service attempts to send requests to scapi.vmware.com.

Resolution

Follow the instructions in the "Resolution" section of the KB article below to stop the vmware-pod service.
vCenter server is not using configured proxy for all traffic.

Additional Information

Japanese KB: vCenterがscapi.vmware.comに対して通信し続ける