How to fix Out of Date VxRail vSAN 6.7 U3 status on VM Storage Policy

Sometimes you will find yourself in a situation where a vSAN object Storage Policy Compliance status will become Out of Date.  To resolve this you must go to the VM object and Reapply VM Storage Policy.

Why you may get this error:
The compliance status for a virtual machine is Out of Date. The status indicates that the policy has been edited, but the new requirements have not been communicated to the datastore.

Step 1 – Identify the VM and go to its Policies

Screenshot from the Refresh an Out-of-Date VxRail vSAN Storage Policy walkthrough at step 1, showing y Settings; the adjacent article text explains that identify the VM and go to its Policies.

Step 2 – Identify the objects that are Out of Date

Screenshot from the Refresh an Out-of-Date VxRail vSAN Storage Policy walkthrough at step 2, showing VM Storage Policy; the step instructs the user to select Reapply VM Storage Policy to resolve.

Step 3 – Select Reapply VM Storage Policy to resolve

Screenshot from the Refresh an Out-of-Date VxRail vSAN Storage Policy walkthrough at step 3; the step instructs the user to select Reapply VM Storage Policy to resolve.

Step 4 – Acknowledge this will take some time and backend resources to complete depending on the amount of data.

Screenshot from the Refresh an Out-of-Date VxRail vSAN Storage Policy walkthrough at step 4, showing Reapply VM Storage Policy; the step instructs the user to select Reapply VM Storage Policy to resolve.

Summary:
It is a pain when a VM Storage Policy goes Out of Data but it happens.  I hope this process helps y’all who are suffering from this error.

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