VxRail: DRS Functionality Impacted by Unhealthy State of vSphere Cluster Services
Summary: The Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) stops because vCLS VMs are offline, due to privilege check failure for VSPHERE.LOCAL\vpxd-extension‑xxxx, on VxRail, in vCenter 7.x 8.x.
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Symptoms
Error on vCenter cluster:
vSphere DRS functionality was impacted due to unhealthy state vSphere Cluster services caused by the unavailability of vSphere Cluster Service VMs.The events tab for the VCLs VMs contains warning events with the following message:
Privilege check failed for user VSPHERE.LOCAL\vpxd-extension-xxxx for missing permission.DRS is not working.
Cause
One or more vCLS VMs are deployed in the cluster, but they are not powered on.
Resolution
To resolve this issue, follow Broadcom vCLS VMs failing to power on in VC 7.x and VC 8.x due to Privilege check failed for user VSPHERE.LOCAL\vpxd-extension-xxxx
Affected Products
VMWare Cloud on Dell EMC VxRail E560F, VMWare Cloud on Dell EMC VxRail E560N, VxRail G Series Nodes, VxRail D Series Nodes, VxRail E Series Nodes, VxRail P Series Nodes, VxRail S Series NodesProducts
XC Core Systems, XC Series Appliances, VxRail V Series Nodes, VxRail VD Series NodesArticle Properties
Article Number: 000216498
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 23 Dec 2025
Version: 5
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