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I have 2 recommended move actions.  I used to be able to selete them and it would move the VMs as recommended.  Now, they're greyed out and I have to manually do it through vCenter.

I have 2 recommended move actions.  I used to be able to selete them and it would move the VMs as recommended.  Now, they're greyed out and I have to manually do it through vCenter.

Hi Bryan,

Further to what Timothy mentioned below, you can scope to the VM (select the VM) and the click on the 'Policies' tab.  Here you will see all policies enabled on this entity and if you scroll down to VM Settings and look under 'Automation Workflow' you'll be able to see the active policy and corresponding setting for your 'move' action. 

I have 2 recommended move actions.  I used to be able to selete them and it would move the VMs as recommended.  Now, they're greyed out and I have to manually do it through vCenter.

Tim/Jamie.  Thank you.  I'll look into that

Hi Bryan,

Further to what Timothy mentioned below, you can scope to the VM (select the VM) and the click on the 'Policies' tab.  Here you will see all policies enabled on this entity and if you scroll down to VM Settings and look under 'Automation Workflow' you'll be able to see the active policy and corresponding setting for your 'move' action. 

I have 2 recommended move actions.  I used to be able to selete them and it would move the VMs as recommended.  Now, they're greyed out and I have to manually do it through vCenter.

Is this the right place?

I changed it to recommend, and save, and the move action is still greyed out, after waiting a few hours:

Tim/Jamie.  Thank you.  I'll look into that

Hi Bryan,

Further to what Timothy mentioned below, you can scope to the VM (select the VM) and the click on the 'Policies' tab.  Here you will see all policies enabled on this entity and if you scroll down to VM Settings and look under 'Automation Workflow' you'll be able to see the active policy and corresponding setting for your 'move' action. 

I have 2 recommended move actions.  I used to be able to selete them and it would move the VMs as recommended.  Now, they're greyed out and I have to manually do it through vCenter.

Bryan,

If the action mode is set to Recommend then it will show in the GUI but not allow you to select it. If you set it to Manual, then that will allow you to select and execute it. The mode of Automated will not even show it in the GUI and will execute it automatically (it will show in the "executed actions" widget with a user name of "System".

If you see a Move action which is set to Manual in the policies but is greyed out and has a "no entry" symbol associated with it, if you check the action you will see that it is blocked by other actions and that could be because other move actions or other resize actions need to be executed first to achieve the optimum state.

Hope that helps

Is this the right place?

I changed it to recommend, and save, and the move action is still greyed out, after waiting a few hours:

Tim/Jamie.  Thank you.  I'll look into that

Hi Bryan,

Further to what Timothy mentioned below, you can scope to the VM (select the VM) and the click on the 'Policies' tab.  Here you will see all policies enabled on this entity and if you scroll down to VM Settings and look under 'Automation Workflow' you'll be able to see the active policy and corresponding setting for your 'move' action. 

I have 2 recommended move actions.  I used to be able to selete them and it would move the VMs as recommended.  Now, they're greyed out and I have to manually do it through vCenter.

Scratching my head...

"...and has "No Entry" symbol associated with it..." - I'm not sure what that means.  But even after making the change and waiting over an hour, I'm still unable to execute the move actions:

I'm thinking you might be referring to these constraints that might be causing it not to be an actionable item:

But I have been able to locate where those are or what to do about them.

Bryan,

If the action mode is set to Recommend then it will show in the GUI but not allow you to select it. If you set it to Manual, then that will allow you to select and execute it. The mode of Automated will not even show it in the GUI and will execute it automatically (it will show in the "executed actions" widget with a user name of "System".

If you see a Move action which is set to Manual in the policies but is greyed out and has a "no entry" symbol associated with it, if you check the action you will see that it is blocked by other actions and that could be because other move actions or other resize actions need to be executed first to achieve the optimum state.

Hope that helps

Is this the right place?

I changed it to recommend, and save, and the move action is still greyed out, after waiting a few hours:

Tim/Jamie.  Thank you.  I'll look into that

Hi Bryan,

Further to what Timothy mentioned below, you can scope to the VM (select the VM) and the click on the 'Policies' tab.  Here you will see all policies enabled on this entity and if you scroll down to VM Settings and look under 'Automation Workflow' you'll be able to see the active policy and corresponding setting for your 'move' action. 

I have 2 recommended move actions.  I used to be able to selete them and it would move the VMs as recommended.  Now, they're greyed out and I have to manually do it through vCenter.

Scratching my head...

"...and has "No Entry" symbol associated with it..." - I'm not sure what that means.  But even after making the change and waiting over an hour, I'm still unable to execute the move actions:

I'm thinking you might be referring to these constraints that might be causing it not to be an actionable item:

But I have been able to locate where those are or what to do about them.

Bryan,

If the action mode is set to Recommend then it will show in the GUI but not allow you to select it. If you set it to Manual, then that will allow you to select and execute it. The mode of Automated will not even show it in the GUI and will execute it automatically (it will show in the "executed actions" widget with a user name of "System".

If you see a Move action which is set to Manual in the policies but is greyed out and has a "no entry" symbol associated with it, if you check the action you will see that it is blocked by other actions and that could be because other move actions or other resize actions need to be executed first to achieve the optimum state.

Hope that helps

Is this the right place?

I changed it to recommend, and save, and the move action is still greyed out, after waiting a few hours:

Tim/Jamie.  Thank you.  I'll look into that

Hi Bryan,

Further to what Timothy mentioned below, you can scope to the VM (select the VM) and the click on the 'Policies' tab.  Here you will see all policies enabled on this entity and if you scroll down to VM Settings and look under 'Automation Workflow' you'll be able to see the active policy and corresponding setting for your 'move' action. 

I have 2 recommended move actions.  I used to be able to selete them and it would move the VMs as recommended.  Now, they're greyed out and I have to manually do it through vCenter.