Unable to disable vSphere Configuration Profiles (VCP) for VCF Workload Domain Import
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Unable to disable vSphere Configuration Profiles (VCP) for VCF Workload Domain Import

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Article ID: 428709

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Products

VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

  • When attempting to import a cluster into a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 Workload Domain, the SDDC Manager validation fails with the following error:

Cluster has vSphere Configuration Profiles (VCP) enabled on a non-supported vCenter version or non-supported ESXi host versions for HOST. Please make sure cluster has vSphere Configuration Profiles (VCP) enabled on a supported vCenter version, or ESXi hosts with supported version, or disabled vSphere Configuration Profiles (VCP) on the cluster.

Environment

  • VCF 9.x

Cause

vSphere Configuration Profiles (VCP) is an architectural state that, once enabled on a cluster, cannot be deactivated. The cluster's metadata is permanently updated to use the configuration-as-code (JSON) model for host settings.

VCF 9.0 enforces strict validation during the import process. If a cluster has the VCP flag enabled but the hosts do not meet the minimum versioning requirements for VCP orchestration within SDDC Manager, the import is blocked. Because the feature is non-reversible on the existing cluster object, the validation failure persists.

Resolution

Create a New Target Cluster

  1. In the vSphere Client, right-click the Datacenter and select New Cluster.

  2. Provide a temporary name (e.g., Cluster-NonVCP).

  3. Enable vSphere Lifecycle Manager (Manage all hosts in the cluster with a single image).

  4. Note: Leave the checkbox for vSphere Configuration Profiles unchecked.

  5. Select the ESXi image version that matches your current hosts.

Migrate ESX Hosts

  1. Place the hosts in the original cluster into Maintenance Mode.

  2. Drag and drop the hosts from the VCP-enabled cluster into the new Cluster-NonVCP.

  3. Perform a compliance check and remediate if necessary to ensure the image is applied.

Finalize Inventory and Retry

  1. Delete the now-empty VCP-enabled cluster.

  2. Rename the new cluster to the original production name.

Additional Information

Limitations to Using vSphere Configuration Profiles

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