Creation of new deploy rules from a customized image might fail in vSphere ESXi Image Builder

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

You get the below error while creating a new deploy rule with a custom image.

An error occured while performing the task Something went wrong while converting items to pxe profile:(vmodl.fault.SystemError) {dynamicType = <unset>,

dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],

msg = 'Invalid Fault',

faultCause = (imagebuilder.fault.IbFault) {dynamicType = <unset>,

dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [], msg = 'Unable to obtain XML schema: Error loading schema XML data: Error reading file \'/usr/lib/vmware-imagebuilder/etc/schemas/vib20-extensibility.rng\': failed to load external entity "/usr/lib/vmware-imagebuilder/etc/schemas/vib20-extensibility.rng".',

faultCause = <unset>,

faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) [

(vmodl.LocalizableMessage) {

dynamicType = <unset>,

dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],

key = '',

arg = (vmodl.KeyAnyValue) [],

message = 'Unable to obtain XML schema: Error loading schema XML data: Error reading file \'/usr/lib/vmware-imagebuilder/etc/schemas/vib20-extensibility.rng\': failed to load external entity "/usr/lib/vmware-imagebuilder/etc/schemas/vib20-extensibility.rng".'

}

],

errorCode = 0,

errorMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) {

dynamicType = <unset>,

dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],

key = '',

arg = (vmodl.KeyAnyValue) [],

message = 'Unable to obtain XML schema: Error loading schema XML data: Error reading file \'/usr/lib/vmware-imagebuilder/etc/schemas/vib20-extensibility.rng\': failed to load external entity "/usr/lib/vmware-imagebuilder/etc/schemas/vib20-extensibility.rng".'

},additionalData = (vmodl.KeyAnyValue) []

},faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) [],

reason = 'Method DepotManagerDownloadVib threw undeclared fault of type imagebuilder.fault.IbFault'}

Resolution

This issue is resolved in VMware vCenter Server 6.5 Update 1d. 

* VMware vCenter Server 6.5 Update 1d Release Notes
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-65u1d-release-notes.html#auto-deploy-issues-resolved

Workaround:
There is no workaround available for this issue.