Inventory Sync fails with error LCMCOMMON80049 in VCF Operations

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

Inventory sync fails with error: 

Failed to find the product in the specified vCenter. vRealize Operations instance with hostname or IP <ip_or_FQDN> not found in given vCenter details. Make sure node is powered on in the vCenter Server . Make sure all the nodes are present in the vCenter Servers provided. Else, add the missing vCenter Servers. Ensure the credentials provided for the vCenter Servers are valid or skip the task using the 'Skip vCenter validation' option during retry

Environment

VCF Operations 9.x

Cause

Cloud Proxy VM was xvMotioned to another vCenter then it was originally deployed on. 

Resolution

• Ensure that all vCenters where cloud proxies exist has a deployment target created: Add a Deployment Target and Import VCF Operations to VCF Operations fleet management
• xvMotion the Cloud Proxy VM back to its original vCenter