Symptoms:
- Creating an NSX-T VI workload domain in VMware Cloud Foundation 3.5.x fails on the Deploy NSX-T Manager task
- You see an error similar to the following under the failed Deploy NSX-T Manager task:
Invalid parameter: Unable to Connect VC 192.168.16.10 as part of pre-validation verification
- The vCenter Server system noted by its IP address in the error message is accessible and healthy.
- You see messages similar to the following in the /var/log/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/domainmanager.log file on the SDDC Manager VM:
2019-02-10 23:38:49.649 [vcf_dm,238e36a516e7d148,d13d350a5f92b64c] [1-thread-4] ERROR [c.v.v.c.f.p.nsxt.action.NsxtDeploymentBaseAction] Failed to connect to vSphere endpoint 192.168.16.10:
com.vmware.evo.sddc.orchestrator.exceptions.OrchTaskException: Ovftool pre-verification failed for deployment of VM nsxmanager-2 on VC 192.168.16.10 with message Local command /usr/bin/ovftool --noSSLVerify --skipManifestCheck --powerOn --diskMode=thin --acceptAllEulas --allowExtraConfig --ipProtocol=IPv4 --ipAllocationPolicy=fixedPolicy --verifyOnly --prop:nsx_role=nsx-manager --prop:nsx_ip_0=192.168.16.23 --prop:nsx_netmask_0=255.255.255.0 --prop:nsx_gateway_0=192.168.16.1 --network=SDDC-DPortGroup-Mgmt --deploymentOption=large --X:logFile=/tmp/nsxt-manager-ovf5292962275241303965.log --X:logLevel=trivia --datastore=EPG-VCF-Datastore --name=nsxmanager-2 --prop:nsx_hostname=nsxmanager-2.vcf.corp.local --prop:nsx_dns1_0=192.168.16.1 --prop:nsx_ntp_0=10.113.60.176 --prop:nsx_passwd_0=********** --prop:nsx_cli_passwd_0=********** --prop:nsx_isSSHEnabled=True --prop:nsx_allowSSHRootLogin=True /mnt/cdrom/nsxt_ova/nsx-unified-appliance-2.3.1.0.0.11294305.ova vi://[email protected]:************@192.168.16.10/EPG-VCF-DS/host/EPG-VCF-Cluster/Resources/EPG-VCF-sddc-mgmt failed with exit value 1
LocalProcess INFO: 2019-02-10 23:38:49 - Error: Failed to read from file: nsx-unified-appliance-2.3.1.0.0.11294305.ova
LocalProcess INFO: 2019-02-10 23:38:49 - Completed with errors
- The NSX-T files that are needed for the NSX-T workload domain deployment are either not present under /mnt/cdrom/nsxt_ova on the SDDC Manager VM or they (or the /mnt/cdrom/nsxt_ova folder) have permissions/ownership that restrict them from being accessed.
Note: The preceding log excerpts are only examples. Date, time, and environmental variables may vary depending on your environment.