VCF Installer Fails to Create Services Platform Cluster During Automation Appliance Deployment

Products

• VCF Automation
• VCF Operations
• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

• During a migration from a standard vSphere environment to VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0, the deployment and configuration of the Automation Appliance fails. The VCF installer displays the following error messages:

  Error Code: LCMVSPHERECONFIG1000095
  
  Failed to create services platform cluster. Refer to /var/log/vrlcm/vmsp_bootstrap_xxxxx log for more details.
  2025/12/09 04:44:02 role VCF Services Platform exists
  2025/12/09 04:44:02 role VCF Services Platform Admin
  exists successfully added global permissions for user <VCFSP SVC Account> successfully added global
  permissions for user <VCFSP SVC Account> <Cluster Name> not found 2025/12/09
  04:44:07 ERROR : Not all ESXi Hosts in the cluster /<datacenter name>/host/<cluster name> are connected to the datastore /<datacenter name>/datastore/<vSAN cluster>.
  ERR.INIT0001 - Validating configuration

   

• This issue can also occur during Greenfield deployment of VCF 9.0.

Environment

• VCF Automation
• VCF Operations 9.x

Cause

• The Error during Service Platform Cluster was caused due to the spaces in the datacenter name & the Cluster name.
• Kubernetes resources don't allow spaces in metadata.name - This is by design in Kubernetes RFC 1123.

Resolution

1. In vCenter, ensure that all ESXi hosts in the affected cluster are mapped to the specified datastore.
2. Check the Datacenter/Cluster Name for any spaces.
   1. If found, rename the Datacenter/Cluster to remove spaces
   2. Re-run the VCF 9.0 Installation/Migration process.