Error "Could not find the hardware virtualization key" when deploying vCenter 8 using vcsa-deploy tool on Linux

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• vcsa-deploy tool deployment of vCenter fails and logs an error:

vcsa-cli-installer.log

2023-05-12 21:59:55,215 - vCSACliInstallLogger - ERROR - Could not find the hardware virtualization key from the ESXi host

• ovftool fails with following error;

$ vcsa/ovftool/lin64/ovftool

vcsa/ovftool/lin64/ovftool.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libnsl.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

 

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Cause

vCenter deployment fails due to ovftool missing a required library that is not installed by default on the Linux distribution.

Resolution

Install the needed packages following the Linux distribution package installation process. Check with Linux distribution vendor on how to install packages.

i.e. For Redhat/Centos

# dnf install libnsl

After installing the needed dependencies, run the vcsa-deploy tool to deploy vCenter.

 

 

Additional Information

Reference "Deploy a vCenter Server Appliance by Using the CLI",

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/8-0/vcenter-server-installation-and-setup-8-0/deploying-the-vcenter-server-appliance/cli-deployment-of-the-vcsa-and-psc-appliance/deploy-the-vcsa-by-using-the-cli.html