vCenter HA deployment fails with error - The hostname for <vCenter>fqdn/ip_address> does not map to the vCenter server PNID. Review the hostname you specified during the VM clone customization steps

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Failure occurs during the vCenter HA deployment with the following error:

The hostname for <vCenter>fqdn/ip_address> does not map to the vCenter server PNID. Review the hostname you specified during the VM clone customization steps

Environment

vCenter server 8.0.x

vCenter server 7.0.x

Cause

This issue is caused due to the vCenter PNID and hostname mismatch

Resolution

Verify the hostname and PNID of the vCenter match using the commands below:

/usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vmafd-cli get-pnid --server-name localhost

hostname

If there is a mismatch, please follow the steps from the link below to correct it:

Reconfigure the Primary Network Identifier

Then retry the vCenter HA configuration.