ERROR "A specified parameter was not correct: spec.devicechange.device.port.switchUuid" on Aria Automation deployments

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

Deployments initiated from Aria Automation are failing intermittently and throwing the following error:

vcenter: A specified parameter was not correct: spec.devicechange.device.port.switchUuid.

 

Environment

VMware Aria Automation 8.x

VMware vCenter Server

Cause

The issue occurs if the host or host cluster listed under Aria Automation resource mapping is not part of DVS (Distributed Virtual Switch).

Resolution

To resolve this issue, we need to add the Aria Automation mapped host(s) to the DVS (Distributed Virtual Switch).
For more information, see the Add Hosts to a vSphere Distributed Switch section in the Add Hosts to a vSphere Distributed Switch