PowerFlex 4.x RG in life cycle mode because vCLS are not on shared storage

After you add an existing resource group, PowerFlex Manager displays a warning banner to notify you that the resource group is in life cycle mode.

 vCLS is not on shared storage.

Migrate the vCLS VMs to shared storage by launching the Migrate vCLS VMs wizard.

You can launch the wizard for migrating vCLS VMs to shared storage from the More Actions section of the Resource Group Details page. You can also launch the wizard from the warning banner at the top of the Resource Group Details page or from the warning banner at the top of the Node Compliance Report. The operations available are the same regardless of where you launch the wizard.

When you migrate vCLS VMs, PowerFlex Manager automatically creates two resource group volumes and maps these volumes to datastores. The resource group volume names follow the convention of powerflex-resource group-vol-<NUMBER>, where <NUMBER> is the next available digit that has not been taken.

The datastore names follow the convention of powerflex-<CLUSTER_NAME>-ds-<NUMBER>, where <CLUSTER_NAME> is the name of the vCenter cluster and the <NUMBER> is the next available digit.

Examples of generated resource group volumes are: powerflex-resource group-vol-1 and powerflex-resource group-vol-2. 

Examples of generated resource group datastores are: powerflex-Hyperconverged-DKIM-ds-1 and powerflex-Hyperconverged-DKIM-ds-2.

1. To access the wizard from the More Actions section of the Resource Group Details page:
   1. On the menu bar, click Lifecycle > Resource Groups.
   2. Select a resource group that is in life cycle mode because it includes vCLS VMs that are on local storage.
   3. In the right pane, click View Details.
      The Resource Group Details page is displayed.
   4. In the right pane, click Migrate vCLS VMs under More Actions.
      The Migrate vCLS VMs wizard is displayed.
2. For a compute-only resource group, select a protection domain from the Protection Domain field.

   The Protection Domain field is not displayed for a hyperconverged resource group, since it is already defined by the resource group.

3. For a hyperconverged or compute-only resource group, select a storage pool in the Storage Pool drop-down.

   The list of storage pools available for selection is filtered to list the storage pools in the selected protection domain.

4. Review the Destination Datastores. The destination datastores are the two heartbeat datastores that PowerFlex Manager creates automatically when you migrate the vCLS VMs to shared storage.

   PowerFlex Manager also creates two resource group volumes and maps these volumes to the destination datastores.

   Only two datastores and resource group volumes are created. If you already have existing datastores, PowerFlex Manager adds the new datastores to the list. If you already have datastores with the same names in the same cluster, PowerFlex Manager does not create new ones but simply uses the ones that exist already.

5. Type MIGRATE VCLS VIRTUAL MACHINES to confirm.
6. Click Confirm.

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If Wizard didn't work, you may need to run the following steps. 

1. Unmount user created datastores on ESXi hosts associated with RG
2. Remove and re-add the existing RG
3. Run vCLS migration wizard on the RG
4. RG is now in a good deployment state and either in fully managed mode 
5. Datastores can now be remounted in vCenter