Service Mesh Deletion Fails with Operation Not Allowed Due to Ongoing RAV Migrations.

Products

• VMware HCX

Issue/Introduction

• VMware HCX Service Mesh deletion initiated via the HCX UI fails with an error indicating ongoing Replication Assisted vMotion (RAV) migrations, despite no active migrations existing in the environment.
  
  Error (as seen from Activity Logs): 
  
  Unable to proceed. Appliance Name: <Service_Mesh_Name>-IX-I1, Blocking Service: RAVService, Reason: Operation not allowed as appliance has ongoing RAV Migrations.

  
• All system health indicators are green, target-site mobility groups are cleared, and no active network extensions, or mobility groups are present on either the source or target sites.
  
  
• The following errors are observed in the /common/logs/admin/app.log on the Source HCX Manager:
  

  2026-05-20 05:56:53.611 UTC [InterconnectService_SvcThread-135, J:29####70, , TxId: e9####79-b##0-4##7-a##5-4e4b####b866] ERROR c.v.v.h.s.i.InitiateServiceMeshOperation- deleteServiceMesh failed, errorCode:null. stacktrace:null, errorMessage:Unable to proceed. Appliance Name: <Service_Mesh_Name>-IX-I1, Blocking Service: RAVService, Reason: Operation not allowed as appliance has ongoing RAV Migrations.

  2026-05-20 05:56:53.611 UTC [InterconnectService_SvcThread-135, J:29####70, , TxId: e9####79-b##0-4##7-a##5-4e4b####b866] ERROR c.v.v.h.s.i.InitiateServiceMeshOperation- Failure detected while verifying completion of InterconnectServiceJobs::deleteServiceMesh. Reason: Interconnect Service Workflow deleteServiceMesh failed. Error: Unable to proceed. Appliance Name: <Service_Mesh_Name>-IX-I1, Blocking Service: RAVService, Reason: Operation not allowed as appliance has ongoing RAV Migrations. java.lang.RuntimeException: Interconnect Service Workflow deleteServiceMesh failed. Error: Unable to proceed. Appliance Name: <Service_Mesh_Name>-IX-I1, Blocking Service: RAVService, Reason: Operation not allowed as appliance has ongoing RAV Migrations. at com.vmware.vchs.hybridity.service.interconnect.AbstractInterconnectJob.getSubflowJobDataArray(AbstractInterconnectJob.java:758) at com.vmware.vchs.hybridity.service.interconnect.AbstractInterconnectJob.checkComplete(AbstractInterconnectJob.java:2308) at com.vmware.vchs.hybridity.service.interconnect.InitiateServiceMeshOperation.handleState(InitiateServiceMeshOperation.java:170) at com.vmware.vchs.hybridity.service.interconnect.AbstractInterconnectJob.run(AbstractInterconnectJob.java:217) at com.vmware.vchs.hybridity.messaging.LoggingJobWrapper.run(LoggingJobWrapper.java:41) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:304) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829)

  Note: The preceding log excerpts are only examples. Date, time, and environmental variables may vary depending on your environment.

Environment

VMware HCX 4.11.x

Resolution

This error typically occurs when previously completed or failed migrations leave 'stale' entries in the HCX database, causing the system to believe those migrations are still active.

Should you encounter this issue, open a Support Request with Broadcom and supply the following:

• HCX Version: The exact version currently running.

• HCX Support Bundles: Bundles from both the source and target environments. Please ensure these include the Database dump and the logs for the affected Service Mesh.

Handling Log Bundles for offline review with Broadcom support.

Collecting Logs and Database Dumps for Ongoing or Intermittent Issues in HCX
Uploading files to cases on the Broadcom Support Portal
Creating and managing Broadcom cases

Additional Information

For more information, review the Broadcom HCX TechDoc and Knowledge Base articles linked below:

Clearing the Migration History
Canceling an HCX Migration using APIs
Manual removal of an HCX Service Mesh and Compute Profile