New vSAN datastore does not show in vSAN storage policy in Aria Automation

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

- A vSAN storage policy  has been created and verified as compatible with the existing vSAN datastore in vCenter.

- When trying to create a storage profile in Aria Automation and when selecting that specific vSAN policy, the datastore does not show as an available option. 

- The datastore does show as an option when using the default policy. 

Environment

8.16.0

8.18.0

Cause

The grouplink for the datastore was not correctly associate in Aria Automation. 

Resolution

Workaround:

- Update the "Description" of the storage policy in vCenter.

- Let Aria Automations subsequent data-collection complete.

- Attempt to create a storage profile again in Aria Automation and verify if the datastore is showing up for the storage policy.