"Error deploying from library:Invalid value for DatastoreMappingParams.target_datastore" Error when provisioning in Aria Automation

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• The provisioning is failed in the Aria Automation UI with the following error:

Provisioning operation failed. Error deploying from library:Invalid value for DatastoreMappingParams.target_datastore: group-pxx:<Group_Id>.

• The /var/log/services-logs/prelude/provisioning-service-app/file-logs/provisioning-service-app.log file contains entries similar to:

2023-xx-xxTxx:xx:xx.438Z ERROR provisioning [host='provisioning-service-app-<provisioning-service_Id>' thread='vsphere-io-xx' user='' org='' trace='' parent='' span=''] c.v.p.c.m.a.vsphere.InstanceClient.lambda$createInstanceFromLibraryItemAsync$176:4463 - [http://<IP>:8282/resources/compute/<machine_id>,gss-0917,TestLibrary / ContentLibrarySmallTools]: TestLibrary / ContentLibrarySmallTools Error to create instance using library item java.lang.Exception: Error deploying from library:Invalid value for DatastoreMappingParams.target_datastore: group-pxx:provisioning-service_Id>.
                at com.vmware.photon.controller.model.adapters.vsphere.InstanceClient.createInstanceFromLibraryItem(InstanceClient.java:xxxx)
                at com.vmware.photon.controller.model.adapters.vsphere.InstanceClient.lambda$createInstanceFromLibraryItemAsync$176(InstanceClient.java:xxxx)

Environment

VMware vRealize Automation 8.x

Cause

This error can occur when Storage DRS is not enabled on the target datastore cluster object in vSphere.

Resolution

To resolve the issue enable storage DRS on the target datastore cluster in vSphere.