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title: Enable virtual hardware and VM CRUD capabilities in a machine with Arc agent installed
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description: Enable virtual hardware and VM CRUD capabilities in a machine with Arc agent installed
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ms.topic: how-to
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ms.date: 12/27/2023
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ms.date: 12/29/2023
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ms.service: azure-arc
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ms.subservice: azure-arc-vmware-vsphere
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author: Farha-Bano
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1. From your browser, go to [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/).
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1. Navigate to the Virtual machines inventory page of your vCenter. <br>
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The virtual machines that have Arc agent installed via the Arc-enabled Servers route will have **Link to vCenter** status under virtual hardware management.
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1. Navigate to the Virtual machines inventory page of your vCenter. The virtual machines that have Arc agent installed via the Arc-enabled Servers route will have **Link to vCenter** status under virtual hardware management.
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1. Select **Link to vCenter** to view the pane with the list of all the machines under vCenter with Arc agent installed but not linked to the vCenter in Azure Arc.
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1. Choose all the machines that need to be enabled in Azure, and select **Link** to link the machines to vCenter.
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1. After you link to vCenter, the virtual hardware status will reflect as **Enabled for all the VMs**, and you can perform [virtual hardware operations](perform-vm-ops-through-azure.md).
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1. After you link to vCenter, the virtual hardware status will reflect as **Enabled** for all the VMs, and you can perform [virtual hardware operations](perform-vm-ops-through-azure.md).
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### Known issue
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During the first scan of the vCenter inventory after onboarding to Azure Arc-enabled VMware vSphere, Arc-enabled Servers machines will be discovered under vCenter inventory. If the Arc-enabled Server machines aren't discovered and you try to perform the **Enable in Azure** operation, you'll encounter the following error:<br>
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A machine '/subscriptions/XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXXXX/resourceGroups/rg-contoso/providers/Microsoft.HybridCompute/machines/testVM1' already exists with the specified virtual machine MoRefId: 'vm-4441'. The existing machine resource can be extended with private cloud capabilities by creating the VirtualMachineInstance resource under it.
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*A machine '/subscriptions/XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXXXX/resourceGroups/rg-contoso/providers/Microsoft.HybridCompute/machines/testVM1' already exists with the specified virtual machine MoRefId: 'vm-4441'. The existing machine resource can be extended with private cloud capabilities by creating the VirtualMachineInstance resource under it.*
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When you encounter this error message, try performing the **Link to vCenter** operation again after a few minutes (5-10 minutes). Alternatively, you can use the following Azure CLI command to link an existing Arc-enabled Server machine to vCenter:<br>
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```azurecli-interactive
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az connectedvmware vm create --subscription XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXXXX --location eastus --resource-group rg-contoso --custom-location /providers/microsoft.extendedlocation/customlocations/contoso-cl --name contoso-hcrp-machine-name --inventory-item /subscriptions/XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXXXX/resourceGroups/contoso-rg/providers/Microsoft.ConnectedVMwarevSphere/VCenters/contoso-vcenter/InventoryItems/vm-142359
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az connectedvmware vm create --subscription <subscription-id> --location <Azure region of the machine> --resource-group <resource-group-name> --custom-location /providers/microsoft.extendedlocation/customlocations/<custom-location-name> --name <machine-name> --inventory-item /subscriptions/<subscription-id>/resourceGroups/<resource-group-name>/providers/Microsoft.ConnectedVMwarevSphere/<vcenter-name>/contoso-vcenter/InventoryItems/<machine-name>
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