Host profiles parsed but not processed on the host server

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article provides steps to correct this issue to allow proper processing of the host profile


Symptoms:
When applying a host profile the following error is noted in the /var/log/syslog


2020-08-06T13:03:44Z ComplianceManager: 2020-08-06 13:03:44,764 [MainProcess INFO 'vmware.runcommand' HB-host-BBBBB@99-59d6c16c-02-YYY-536807f7-99
-d98d] runcommand called with: args = '['/bin/indcfg', '--read', '/tmp/hp_cim_ind_cfg_xjkc_ktg.jsn']', outfile = 'None', returnoutput = 'True', t
imeout = '0.0'.^@
2020-08-06T13:03:44Z indcfg[2101352]: setupControl: config 32 tokens from 35 lines loaded.
2020-08-06T13:03:44Z indcfg[2101352]: Read 1 subscriptions from sfcbd
2020-08-06T13:03:44Z Host Profiles[2101135 opID=HB-host-BBBBB@82-59d6c16c-02-SWI-536807f7-51-d98d]: WARNING: Fail to parse destination URL: file:///dev/null^@

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7

Cause

Scratch space must be configured to use a persistent scratch space in order to properly parse and apply a host profile.

Resolution

Create a persistent scratch space locate for ESXi
See Creating a persistent scratch location for ESXi 7.x/6.x/5.x/4.x