VCF 9 Deployment Validation Fails on NFS Datastore Configuration with unable to reach port 111

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

During the validation phase of a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 deployment using NFS storage, the installer fails the NFS Datastore Configuration step with the following error message:

Failed to validate NFS configuration for xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx : Operation failed, diagnostics report: Error: 0x202: Unable to reach xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx on port: 111, Connection timed out

As a result, the validation process does not complete successfully, preventing the deployment from continuing.

Environment

VCF 9.0

Cause

The installer expects that the NFS datastore specified in the deployment configuration is already:

• Mounted and accessible on the first ESXi host in the management domain, and

• Bound to the appropriate NFS VMkernel adapter that is configured for NFS network access.

Resolution

Ensure the NFS VMkernel adapter is properly configured and bound for NFS traffic:

• Verify under Networking > VMkernel adapters that the adapter has connectivity to the NFS network.
• Confirm the correct VMkernel NIC is used for NFS binding.