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 Cloud Builder
/opt/vmware/bringup/tmp

Note: Latest HCL Json is available here: https://partnerweb.vmware.com/service/vsan/all.json

2. Verify the HCL file has the correct permissions:
ls -lh *.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 vcf_bringup vcf 18M Jul  8 17:39 all.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 vcf_bringup vcf 18M Jul  8 17:39 updated-hcl-all.json

chown vcf_bringup:vcf updated-hcl-all.json

chmod 644 updated-hcl-all.json

3. Update the timestamp and jsonUpdatedTime values to match the existing all.json file. 

The latest json update time is available here: https://partnerweb.vmware.com/service/vsan/all.json?lastupdatedtime

Example:

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

4. Update the deploy Parameters with the path for the customer HCL.

/opt/vmware/bringup/tmp/updated-hcl-all.json

5. Upload the new Parameters file into SDDC Manager.

6. Retry the Cloud Builder deployment.