vCSACliInstall Precheck failure for datastore inaccessibility should update the datastore name in SDDC Manager DB

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager
• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

• "vCSACliInstall Precheck" is failing during VC upgrade with following failure:
  vCSACliInstall Precheck failure Cluster <cluster-name>:  Cannot locate datastore '<datastore-name>' in host '<vc-fqdn>'. The name may not have been entered correctly, or the datastore may be inaccessible. You must re-check the datastore name, and ensure the datastore can be accessed.

Environment

VCF 5.2.2

Resolution

Before proceeding, take a backup or snapshot of the SDDC Manager appliance. 

SSH to the SDDC Manager and run the following command:
psql -h localhost -U postgres -d platform c "update vcenter set datastore_name='<correct datastore name>' where name = 'cluster name';