Portgroup not configurable while adding network adapter on a VM using HTML5 client

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
Unable to add Network adapter post deploying a VM from template using HTML5 client after upgrade of vCenter server to 6.7. The issue is not seen while using Flash based client.

 

• Debugging of browser console while performing the operation reports the following:

angular.js:13920 notificationService::handleError
message =  Cannot read property '_type' of undefined
stack =  TypeError: Cannot read property '_type' of undefined
    at s.sriovPoolConfigured (https://<vCenter FQDN>/ui/modules-join-files/js/vcm-modules.min.js:108:20655)
    at s.getSriovList (https://<vCenter FQDN>/ui/modules-join-files/js/vcm-modules.min.js:108:20345)
    at new t (https://<vCenter FQDN>/ui/modules-join-files/js/vcm-modules.min.js:108:13724)
    at n.initSriov (https://<vCenter FQDN>/ui/modules-join-files/js/vcm-modules.min.js:108:4111)
    at n.$onInit (https://<vCenter FQDN>/ui/modules-join-files/js/vcm-modules.min.js:107:26299)
    at https://<vCenter FQDN>/ui/resources/libs/angular.min.js:65:527
    at q (https://<vCenter FQDN>/ui/resources/libs/angular.min.js:7:449)
    at p (https://<vCenter FQDN>/ui/resources/libs/angular.min.js:65:392)
    at https://<vCenter FQDN>/ui/resources/libs/angular.min.js:77:24
    at https://<vCenter FQDN>/ui/resources/libs/angular.min.js:131:20
    
message =  Cannot set property 'isVisible' of undefined
stack =  TypeError: Cannot set property 'isVisible' of undefined
    at n.checkIsNetworkAvailable (https://<vCenter FQDN>/ui/modules-join-files/js/vcm-modules.min.js:107:24948)
    at n.$postLink (https://<vCenter FQDN>/ui/modules-join-files/js/vcm-modules.min.js:107:28941)
    at https://<vCenter FQDN>/ui/resources/libs/angular.min.js:66:464
    at q (https://<vCenter FQDN>/ui/resources/libs/angular.min.js:7:449)
    at p (https://<vCenter FQDN>/ui/resources/libs/angular.min.js:66:417)
    at https://<vCenter FQDN>/ui/resources/libs/angular.min.js:77:24
    at https://<vCenter FQDN>/ui/resources/libs/angular.min.js:131:20
    at m.$eval (https://<vCenter FQDN>/ui/resources/libs/angular.min.js:145:347)
    at m.$digest (https://<vCenter FQDN>/ui/resources/libs/angular.min.js:142:420)
    at m.e.$digest (https://<vCenter FQDN>/ui/resources/js/jsUiLib.min.js:14:17823)
 

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 6.7.x
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.7.x

Cause

The issue is caused due to SRIOV enabled device (direct/passthrough) on the ESXi host.

Resolution

VMware Engineering is currently aware of the issue and will be resolved with 6.7 U2.

Workaround:

• Use Flash based client to re-confgure the network adapter
• Configure the Network adapter while deploying the VM from template using HTML5 client