VMware Cloud Builder bring up failing on HCL validation

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager
• VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x
• VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x
• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

Cloud Builder deployment is failing on HCL validation despite verifying that hardware is compatible/supported. 

You can verify the hardware compatibility here.

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x

Cause

The compatibility validation fails due to a duplicate PCI ID in the HCL.

Resolution

1. Upload the custom HCL file to the below folder in the Cloud Builder appliance.
   
   /opt/vmware/bringup/tmp

Note: Latest HCL JSON is available here: https://vvs.broadcom.com/service/vsan/all.json
   
   
2. Verify that the HCL file has correct permissions:
   

   ls -lh *.json
   -rw-r--r-- 1 vcf_bringup vcf 18M Jul  8 17:39 all.json

    

   1. Update the timestamp and jsonUpdatedTime values to match the existing all.json file. 
      
      The latest JSON update time is available here: https://vvs.broadcom.com/service/vsan/all.json?lastupdatedtime
      
      Example:
      

      {
           "timestamp": 1721847796,
           "jsonUpdatedTime": "July 23, 2024, 3:48 AM PDT"
      }

      
      
      
3. Update the path to the new HCL file: /opt/vmware/bringup/tmp/all.json in the deploy parameters file.

   

4. Upload the new Parameters file into SDDC Manager.
   
   
5. Retry the Cloud Builder deployment.