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Multiple migration tasks for the same virtual machine in a DRS cluster appear and a message is diplayed: The operation is not allowed in the current state (2045265)

Symptoms

  • Multiple migration tasks are displayed for the same virtual machine and this message is reported:

    The operation is not allowed in the current state.

  • The migration of the virtual machine succeeds despite the error message.
  • This issue may be experienced by both vMotion and Storage vMotion tasks.
  • In the vpxd log, you see messages similar to:

    [07208 error 'drmLogger' opID=task-internal-1-2cbc1369-5e-72-b5] [DrmExecute::ExecuteVMotion] VM FW.host.local (/vpx/vm/#2/) is already in VMotion, so not executing another vmotion
    > 2013-01-16T15:55:32.018+01:00 [07208 info 'Default' opID=task-internal-1-2cbc1369-5e-72-b5] [VpxLRO] -- ERROR task-13275 -- vm-2 -- Drm.ExecuteVMotionLRO: vim.fault.InvalidState:

    > --> Result:
    > --> (vim.fault.InvalidState) {
    > --> dynamicType = <unset>,
    > --> faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
    > --> msg = "",
    > --> }
    > --> Args:
    > -->

Resolution

This is a known issue affecting VMware vCenter Server 5.1.

Note: These messages are harmless and can be safely ignored.

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