Error: "The operation failed because no suitable resource was found" when editing a VM
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Error: "The operation failed because no suitable resource was found" when editing a VM

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Article ID: 427623

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Products

VMware Cloud Director

Issue/Introduction

  • Editing the VM fails with the error similar the one reported below:

    [ ####-########-####-########c55d ] The operation failed because no suitable resource was found. Out of 1 candidate hubs: 1 hubs eliminated because: No valid storage containers found for VirtualMachine "VM-NAME".
    All 10 available storage containers were filtered out as being invalid. Rejected hubs: resgroup-## Storage containers were rejected for the following reasons:
    9 storage containers rejected because: They are not in the list of required datastores. The required datastores are [DATASTORE NAMES]
    1 storage containers rejected because: They are disabled. Rejected storage containers: STORAGE_CONTAINER_NAME 
    PlacementException NO_FEASIBLE_PLACEMENT_SOLUTION

Environment

VMware Cloud Director 10.6.x

Cause

The storage container has been disabled on VMware Cloud Director.

Resolution

Enabling the storage container on VCD.

For additional information visit the documentation Managing Provider Virtual Data Centers in Your VMware Cloud Director