This Gauge32 value is the retry count UCS Manager has made so far for the current step of the FSM task associated with the policy that controls how long UCS Manager retains VM and vNIC inventory records after they disappear from vCenter. An admin watches cucsVmLifeCyclePolicyFsmTry to detect a task that is repeatedly retrying the same step rather than completing, which usually signals a persistent underlying problem such as a lost vCenter connection. For example, a rapidly climbing cucsVmLifeCyclePolicyFsmTry on an otherwise unchanged FSM stage is a strong signal to an admin that manual intervention is needed.