vCenterHA fails to deploy. ipNotSameFamily
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vCenterHA fails to deploy. ipNotSameFamily

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Article ID: 376666

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Products

VMware vCenter Server VMware vCenter Server 7.0 VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Issue/Introduction

When attempting to create a vCenterHA configuration it fails.

 

In vpxd.log you see the following error:

2024-09-04T14:28:03.191+02:00 info vpxd[07046] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opId=1f279b3a-2f5e-4697-9171-040aca4414b6] [VpxLRO] -- ERROR task-721180 -- Datacenters -- com.vmware.vcenter.vcha.cluster.deploy:
vim.fault.InvalidState:
--> Result:
--> (vim.fault.InvalidState) {
-->    faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
-->    faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) [
-->       (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) {
-->          key = "com.vmware.vcha.error.ipNotSameFamily",
-->          arg = <unset>,
-->          message = <unset>
-->       }
-->    ]
-->    msg = ""
--> }
--> Args:

Environment

vCenter 7.x
vCenter 8.x

Cause

Issue is caused when ipv6 is enabled on some of the nics but not all.

Resolution

Disable ipv6 on the nic's via the vCenter vami on port 5480: https://vCenterFQDN:5480