OVF deployment fails with error "A component of the virtual machine is not accessible on the host." when the Cluster is selected for the deployment.

Products

• VMware vCenter Server
• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

• OVF deployed only at the Cluster level fails with error "A component of the virtual machine is not accessible on the host."
• OVF deployment succeeds if a specific host is selected during the deployment. 
• VPXD logs highlight the error - /var/log/vmware/vpxd/vpxd.log 

DD-MM-YYYY info vpxd[26041] [Originator@6876 sub=VAppImport opID=6413d8c1-01-01] Exception during CreateVM: N3Vim5Fault23CannotAccessVmComponent9ExceptionE(Fault cause: vim.fault.CannotAccessVmComponent
--> )
--> [context]zKq7AVECAQAAAI48ewEednB4ZAAAQxxTbGlidm1hY29yZS5zbwAACBhCACk/QwCWmUqBU0U6AWxpYnZpbS10eXBlcy5zbwCBfmM6AYEsZDoBgfxlOgGC3DgjAXZweGQAgiMxNQKC/Us1AoLa+z0CgvkXNQKCWatHAYJceYECgqeJgQKCm5yAAoKA+oACggyqRwGCVc5HAYKT0kcBglx5gQKCp4mBAoKbnIACgopzgQIABOw3ABdFOADFD1EDsI4AbGlicHRocmVhZC5zby4wAATf+g9saWJjLnNvLjYA[/context]
DD-MM-YYYY info vpxd[26041] [Originator@6876 sub=vpxLro opID=6413d8c1-01-01] [VpxLRO] -- FINISH lro-10508356
DD-MM-YYYY error vpxd[26041] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=6413d8c1-01-01] [VpxLRO] -- ERROR lro-10508356 --  --  -- ResourcePool.ImportVAppLRO: :vim.fault.CannotAccessVmComponent
--> Result:
--> (vim.fault.CannotAccessVmComponent) {
-->    faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
-->    faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) [
-->       (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) {
-->          key = "com.vmware.vim.vm.error.NoValidHostDueToDasState",
-->          arg = <unset>,
-->          message = <unset>
-->       }

• Cluster is only a 2 node cluster. 

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 
VMware vSphere ESXi 

Cause

The error is encountered due to HA Admission Control Policy of the cluster. The cluster has 2 hosts and both of them set as dedicated failover hosts. By design, to ensure that spare capacity is available on a failover host, you are prevented from creating virtual machines, powering on virtual machines or using vMotion to migrate virtual machines to a failover host.

Resolution

Change the HA Admission Control Policy to Cluster Resources Percentage Admission Control. For details regarding the Cluster Resources Percentage Admission Control, refer - Cluster Resources Percentage Admission Control
1. Log in to vCenter Server with vSphere Client as an administrator.
2. Right-click the Cluster in the Inventory and click Settings.
3. Click vSphere Availability > Edit > Admission Control > Define host failover capacity by 
4. Select the Cluster Resource Percentage