VMware Aria Operations Initial Setup failed with "Node is not part of the cluster"

Products

• VMware Aria Operations 8.x

Issue/Introduction

• VMware Aria Operations Initial Setup fails when installing VMware Aria Operations
• You see the error:
  
  Previous installation attempt failed with the following errors:
  Node is not part of the cluster

Environment

VMware Aria Operations 8.x

Resolution

To work around this issue:

1. Configure Initial Setup without NTP Server Address in Deployment Settings
2. Configure NTP in VMware Aria Operations admin UI after Initial Setup completed and cluster is initialized

Additional Information

Configuring the Global Network Time Protocol (NTP) Settings