SnapCenter vSphere backups failing on 1 datastore in resource group
Applies to
SnapCenter plug-in for VMware 4.x (SCV)
Issue
SCV backups are failing on 1 datastore in resource group, all other datastores are working with the exception of this one
Error seen on the WFE backup job:
Connecting to scv url: https://localhost:8144/scbr/smcoreplugin/discoverResources
Unable to discover resources on SCV: com.vmware.vijava.vim25.ManagedObjectNotFound
Exception in discover resources com.netapp.wfe.model.ApiException: Unable to discover resources on SCV: com.vmware.vijava.vim25.ManagedObjectNotFound
And in VMCONTROL log:
c.n.a.d.StorageDiscoveryManager : [JobId:67030] java.lang.RuntimeException: com.vmware.vijava.vim25.ManagedObjectNotFound
Another error may also be seen:
2021-09-15 08:46:19.976 WARN scvhostname --- [ Thread-88] c.n.w.m.WorkflowExecutor : Activity (Discovering Resources) of Workflow (WorkflowExecutor), 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.