"Deployment of the solution OVA failed, Failed to power On solution VM -InvalidPowerState", Solution installation from vSphere Client fails during OVA deployment

Products

• VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Issue/Introduction

• When deploying a new solution through the Integrated Solution Installer in the vSphere Client, the user sees that the "Install Solution" task has failed with "Cannot complete the operation. See the event log for details. Deployment of the solution OVA failed. Check the other related tasks for more information. Failed to power On solution VM, The "Power On virtual machine" task has failed with "The attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state("Powered on")"
  
  Screenshot of solution deployment section in vSphere Client:
  
  
  
  Error message:
  
  
  
  
   
• vSphere Client log shows below error message :
  
  /var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere_client_virgo.log
  
  "SolutionInstallException: Failed to power On solution VM."
  
  
• vSphere Client Reset task shows following error message for the respective Solution VM :
  
  

Cause

The failure is caused due to selection of “Automatically power on deployed VM” option during the solution installation.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in vCenter Server 8.0 Update 3, where the option "Automatically power on deployed VM" is removed from the integrated solution installer wizard.

To workaround this issue :

Do not select the "Automatically power on deployed VM" checkbox during a solution installation through the Integrated Solution Installer in the vSphere Client.