SSPi Pre-check Fails with “Resource pool validation failed” – ResourcePool with inventory path not found in vCenter

Products

• VMware vDefend Firewall
• VMware vDefend Firewall with Advanced Threat Prevention

Issue/Introduction

During the SSPi pre-check phase (as part of an SSP upgrade or deployment), the validation fails with an error similar to the following:

Resource pool validation failed for platform <platform-name>: Some resource pool validations failed: 
Template <platform-name>: resource pool validation failed: resource pool validation failed: 
ResourcePool with inventory path '/ABC/host/Allocated/XXX-Cluster/Resources/RP_SSP_Platform' not found in cluster 'XXX-Cluster' and datacenter 'ABC'; 
Template <platform-name>-worker: resource pool validation failed: resource pool validation failed: 
ResourcePool with inventory path '/ABC/host/Allocated/XXX-Cluster/Resources/RP_SSP_PlatformWorker' not found in cluster 'XXX-Cluster' and datacenter 'ABC'.

Environment

SSP 5.1

Cause

The error occurs when the expected vSphere resource pool path referenced by SSPi does not exist in vCenter.
In this case, the installer is validating the resource pool:

/ABC/host/Allocated/XXX-Cluster/Resources/RP_SSP_Platform

but this resource pool could not be found under the specified datacenter and cluster in vCenter.

This typically happens if the resource pool was accidentally deleted or renamed in vCenter.

Resolution

Recreate the missing resource pool in vCenter with the same name and hierarchy.