VMware Cloud Foundation 3.9 bringup fails if the option to join an existing SSO domain is enabled in the parameter file.

Products

• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• Bringup fails on task "Set Universal Sync Role on NSX Manager" if the option to "Join Existing Single-Sign-On Domain" in Parameter excel file has been enabled.

 

• In the /var/log/vmware/vcf/bringup/vcf-bringup-debug.log file  the following error is seen:
  2019-11-05T00:39:58.348+0000 [bringup-app,[6dec58371d3e339e,0a8e]] ERROR [c.v.e.s.o.c.ProcessingTaskSubscriber,pool-3-thread-7] method invocation target not found
  java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: null
   at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor2972.invoke(Unknown Source)
   at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
   at com.vmware.evo.sddc.orchestrator.core.ProcessingTaskSubscriber.getParams(ProcessingTaskSubscriber.java:306)
   at com.vmware.evo.sddc.orchestrator.core.ProcessingTaskSubscriber.invokeMethod(ProcessingTaskSubscriber.java:343)
   at com.vmware.evo.sddc.orchestrator.core.ProcessingTaskSubscriber.processTask(ProcessingTaskSubscriber.java:538)
   at com.vmware.evo.sddc.orchestrator.core.ProcessingTaskSubscriber.accept(ProcessingTaskSubscriber.java:122)
   at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1931.invoke(Unknown Source)
   at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
   at com.google.common.eventbus.Subscriber.invokeSubscriberMethod(Subscriber.java:87)
   at com.google.common.eventbus.Subscriber$1.run(Subscriber.java:72)
   at org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.instrument.async.TraceRunnable.run(TraceRunnable.java:67)
   at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
   at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
  Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: null
   at com.vmware.evo.sddc.bringup.adapters.toplugin.nsx.NsxRoleParamAdapter.toPlugin(NsxRoleParamAdapter.java:42)

Resolution

1. SSH to the Cloud Builder VM and change to root user:

su -

2. Backup the /opt/vmware/bringup/webapps/bringup-app/lib/bringup-adapters-3.9.0-RELEASE.jar file.

cp /opt/vmware/bringup/webapps/bringup-app/lib/bringup-adapters-3.9.0-RELEASE.jar /opt/vmware/bringup/webapps/bringup-app/lib/bringup-adapters-3.9.0-RELEASE.jar.bk

3. Using a file transfer utility, like WinSCP, move the attached bringup-adapters-3.9.0-RELEASE.jar to /home/admin. On the SSH, move the file to /opt/vmware/bringup/webapps/bringup-app/lib/, overwriting the current file. 

mv /home/admin/ringup-adapters-3.9.0-RELEASE.jar /opt/vmware/bringup/webapps/bringup-app/lib/bringup-adapters-3.9.0-RELEASE.jar

4. Run  the below command to set the permissions on the file:

chown vcf_bringup:vcf /opt/vmware/bringup/webapps/bringup-app/lib/bringup-adapters-3.9.0-RELEASE.jar

5. Restart the vcf-bringup service:

systemctl restart vcf-bringup

6. Wait for the bringup service to restart and then restart the failed task.