Failed to install vIDM via vRLCM due to error LCMVSPHERECONFIG1000016

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

vIDM deployment failed due to below error:

Error Code:LCMVSPHERECONFIG1000016 
IO exception occurred while performing the operation.

Environment

VMware Aria Suite 8.18.x

Cause

vCenter service failed to start due to corrupted configuration

Resolution

fix the vCenter service issue and try to deploy vIDM again