Aria Automation Windows VM deployment timed out during cloudbase-init

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• a Windows deployment failed during provisioning, timed out
• cloudbase-init log show no information to why it failed
• cloudbase-init log timestamps indicate a long time has passed

Environment

Aria Automation

Cause

Commands run during cloudbase-init need a longer time to complete

Resolution

To help identify the problematic command / script it is recommended to add logging which is posting the timestamp before and after execution for a later review. 

Once the command / script is known, further troubleshooting can be applied. Depending on the command / script used this may be out of scope of Aria Automation.