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vCenter AIM Instance Status Icon Shows Multiple Instances

Symptom:

After I have added a vCenter AIM instance for a vCenter Server under Administration, Configuration, the status icon shows stop (Multiple AIMs manage this instance).

Solution:

Verify that your CA Server Automation manager manages each vCenter Server with one vCenter AIM instance only. If a CA Server Automation manager manages a vCenter Server through multiple AIM instances, management problems would occur. CA Server Automation stops monitoring the associated vCenter Server.

Decide which AIM instance you want to use to manage the vCenter Server and remove the other instances from the vCenter AIM Servers pane.

Follow these steps:

  1. Select the AIM instance you want to delete and click delete (Delete).

    The Delete Item dialog appears.

  2. Click Yes.

    Repeat these steps with other multiple instances until you have unique relationships between manager and AIM instance established.