Error "IP ALLOCATE failed: Action run failed with the following error: "Invalid value for mac: null: Must be string type" with Infoblox plugin

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

• When provisioning a VM in Aria Automation 8.18, users may encounter the following Infoblox error message
  
  IP ALLOCATE failed: Action run failed with the following error: "('Error allocating in network or range: Cannot create \'fixedaddress\' object(s): b{ \"Error\": \"AdmConProtoError: Invalid value for mac: null: Must be
string type\",Ill\n \"code\": \"Client.Ibap.Proto\",Iln\"text\":\"Invalid value for mac: null: Must be string type\"Iln)\[code 400]'. 0)1
  
  

Environment

Aria Automation 8.18.x

Cause

In Aria Automation 8.18, multiple enhancements have been implemented for the Infoblox plugin. One of the scenarios where the MAC address is set to null is when the property "Infoblox.IPAM.Network.enableDhcp" is set to "false" in the provisioning template

Resolution

To resolve the issue, ensure that the property "Infoblox.IPAM.Network.enableDhcp" is set to "true" in the provisioning template