Deleting or renaming a vDS uplink port fails with: Uplink name is in use by the teaming policy defined at DVPort
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Deleting or renaming a vDS uplink port fails with: Uplink name is in use by the teaming policy defined at DVPort

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Article ID: 302218

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Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
  • Cannot rename a vDS uplink fort
  • Renaming a vDS uplink port fails
  • You see the error:

    Uplink name <name> is in use by the teaming policy defined at DVPort <name>
  • This error is reported when all hosts are removed from the dvSwitch.
  • In the vSphere Client logs, you see entries similar to:

    [:ShowExcp:M: 6] Reconfigure vSphere Distributed Switch: The resource 'dvUplink 1' is in use.
    DescId: dvs.VmwareDistributedVirtualSwitch.reconfigure, Time: 3/21/2013 11:40:02 AM, Target: dvSwitch MyDVSwitch, Target Guid: (D8B7E920-005E-4D2E-9690-F1FB19C788BC::VmwareDistributedVirtualSwitch:dvs-9574)
    <TaskInfo type="Vmomi.TaskInfo">
    <Key>task-143484</Key>
    <Task type="ManagedObject">Task:task-143484 [hostname.domainname]</Task>
    <Name>Vmomi.DistributedVirtualSwitch.Reconfigure</Name>
    <DescriptionId>dvs.VmwareDistributedVirtualSwitch.reconfigure</DescriptionId>
    <Entity type="ManagedObject">VmwareDistributedVirtualSwitch:dvs-9574 [hostname.domainname]</Entity>
    <EntityName>dvSwitch MyDVSwitch</EntityName>
    <State_>Error</State_>
    <Cancelled>False</Cancelled>
    <Cancelable>False</Cancelable>
    <Error type="Vmomi.Fault.ResourceInUse">
    <Message>The resource 'dvUplink 1' is in use.</Message>
    <FaultMessage>
    <item type="Vmomi.LocalizableMessage">
    <Key>com.vmware.vim.vpxd.dvs.uplinkUsedInTeaming.label</Key>
    <Arg>
    <item type="Vmomi.KeyAnyValue">
    <Key>uplink</Key>
    <Value>dvUplink 1</Value>
    </item>
    <item type="Vmomi.KeyAnyValue">
    <Key>place</Key>
    <Value>DVPort hlp-452#68635</Value>
    </item>
    </Arg>
    <Message>Uplink name dvUplink 1 is in use by the teaming policy defined at DVPort hlp-452#68635</Message>
    </item>
    </FaultMessage>
    <DetailedMessage>The resource 'dvUplink 1' is in use.
    </DetailedMessage>
    <Name>dvUplink 1</Name>
    </Error>


Cause

This problem occurs when there is a mismatch between the ordering of the VPX_UPLINK_TEAMING table and the VPX_DVS_UPLINK table containing the dvUplink labels.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in vCenter Server 5.5. You can download the vCenter Server 5.5 from the VMware Download Center.


Additional Information


Location of vSphere Web Client 5.x service logs

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