SCV Backup Error: failed with error: Unable to discover resources on SCV
Applies to
SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere (SCV)
Issue
- Backups fail and you may see an error such as:
Task 'Discovering Resources' failed with error: Unable to discover resources on SCV: Storage discovery failed, received error during operation: java.lang.NullPointerException. Please refer to operation logs for more details.
Task 'Send EMS Messages' failed with error: Unable to find storage system for given resources. EMS message instead sent to the storage connection accessible by this user: <username>.
- The vmcontrol_<jobID>.log file may present an error such as:
SmObject is Datastore:datastore-1234 Name:<DC_name>
[JobId:1234] Did not find the Datastore by Moref: Datastore:datastore-1234, returning null
[JobId:1234] Storage discovery failed, received error during operation: java.lang.NullPointerException. Please refer to operation logs for more details.