VIC VCH deployment fails to find resource pool

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• When using vic-machine utility to deploy VCH inside a resource pool, the pool is not found.
• In the vic-machine output, you see errors similar to:

INFO Validating supplied configuration

INFO Suggested values for --compute-resource:

INFO "Primary_Lab_Cluster"

INFO "Secondary_Lab_Cluster"

### lines omitted for brevity ###

ERROR Firewall check SKIPPED

ERROR cluster not set

ERROR License check SKIPPED

ERROR cluster not set

ERROR DRS check SKIPPED

ERROR cluster not set

ERROR Compatibility check SKIPPED

ERROR cluster not set

ERROR --------------------

ERROR compute resource 'Secondary_Lab_Cluster/Test-Lab-Resource-Pool' not found

Environment

VMware vSphere Integrated Containers 1.0.x

Resolution

To resolve this issue, define resource pools in the vic-machine command using the following syntax:

--compute-resource "<cluster_name>/Resources/<resource_pool_name>"

This example matches the object names in the error messages mentioned in the Symptoms section:

--compute-resource "Secondary_Lab_Cluster/Resources/Test-Lab-Resource-Pool"

Additional Information

Added "Resources" to paths for rps in clusters. #348