Restart a Failed Task in VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager

You can use the VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager UI to restart failed tasks.

If a task that you run by using VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager fails, instead of importing the data from scratch and running the task again, you can use the web UI to restart the task.

When restarting a task, you cannot change the input data. If you want to change the input data, you must download the request payload, change the input data in the JSON file, and perform the operation by using the JSON.

Prerequisites

If you log in as an imported user, verify that you have the CREATE_TASK and READ_TASK permissions.

Procedure

1. In the top navigation bar, click Tasks.
2. Restart the task.

   Goal	Action
   Restart a task by using the same input data	From the task lists, click the vertical ellipsis () of the task you want to restart and click Restart.
   Restart a task by changing the input data	From the task lists, click the task you want to restart. From the task page, download the JSON by clicking Download Request Payload. Change the input data in the JSON file. Perform the task operation by importing the JSON file.

Results

VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager re-runs the task by using the payload you initially provided.