'Error:The virtual machine placement policy "System Default" cannot contain only sizing information. The placement policy must contain placement information' while editing a Hard Disk of a Virtual Machine In VMware Cloud Director.

Products

• VMware Cloud Director

Issue/Introduction

While editing a Hard Disk of a VM we get the following error-

• _{########-####-####-####-############] The virtual machine placement policy "System Default" cannot contain only sizing information. The placement policy must contain placement information.}

Environment

VMware Cloud Director 10.6.1.1

Cause

This issue maybe caused by conflicting Placement Policy and Sizing Policy values in VCD database for that specific VM.

Resolution

If you encounter this issue contact Broadcom Support and note this Article ID (406562) in the problem description. For more information, see Creating and managing Broadcom support cases.