VxRail: LCM Failure Occurred While Scheduling Firmware

Summary: iDRAC runtime exception causes firmware updates to the ESXi host failed, need reboot iDRAC to resolve.

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Symptoms

This issue happens during LCM, when trying to apply firmware updates to the ESXi host.
VxRail Update progress error 

Login to the error reporting host iDRAC UI > Maintenance > Job Queue, there are no upgrade jobs.
iDRAC UI > Maintenance > Job Queue 


Check vxps_main.log file on the error reporting ESXi host, you can find failed firmware upgrade task due to iDRAC runtime exception.
vxps_main.log file 

vxps_main.log file on the error reporting ESXi host, you can find failed firmware upgrade task due to iDRAC runtime exception. 

Cause

It is due to iDRAC runtime error, Dell iDRAC team is still investigating the root cause.

Resolution

This issue is fixed in the VxRail 7.0.480 release.

For impacted releases, an iDRAC reboot can clear the runtime error and workaround this issue.

  • Log in to iDRAC UI of the error reporting host and reboot iDRAC
iDRAC UI
  • After iDRAC is rebooted, retry LCM from VxRail plugin UI.
Article Properties
Article Number: 000216383
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 19 Feb 2026
Version:  3
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