nullPointerException when attempting to deploy a virtual machine in Cloud Director

Products

• VMware Cloud Director

Issue/Introduction

When attempting to create a virtual machine in Cloud Director the following error is seen in the UI:


com.vmware.ssdc.util.LMException: Internal Server Error
 at com.vmware.ssdc.util.LMException.wrap(LMException.java:135)
 at com.vmware.ssdc.library.ExceptionFactory.createFromMultiple(ExceptionFactory.java:32)
 at com.vmware.vcloud.vdc.impl.ComposeRecomposeVAppActivity$FinalizeRecomposePhase.invoke(ComposeRecomposeVAppActivity.java:1592)
 at com.vmware.vcloud.activity.executors.ActivityRunner.runPhase(ActivityRunner.java:175)
 at com.vmware.vcloud.activity.executors.ActivityRunner.run(ActivityRunner.java:112)
 at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515)
 at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
 at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)
 at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
 at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829)
Caused by: com.vmware.vcloud.api.presentation.service.InternalServerErrorException: Internal Server Error
 at com.vmware.vcloud.common.future.FutureUtil.convertExecutionException(FutureUtil.java:264)
 at com.vmware.vcloud.vdc.impl.ComposeRecomposeVAppActivity.processFabricFutures(ComposeRecomposeVAppActivity.java:1142)
 at com.vmware.vcloud.vdc.impl.ComposeRecomposeVAppActivity$CreatedItemsPostProcessingPhase.invoke(ComposeRecomposeVAppActivity.java:1107)
 ... 7 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
 at com.vmware.vcloud.fabric.storage.storedVm.impl.CreateFromConfigActivity$CreateStoredVmInVcPhase.invoke(CreateFromConfigActivity.java:218)
 ... 7 more

Environment

VMware Cloud Director 10.6.x

Cause

The vCenter for the Org VDC is disconnected.

Resolution

Re-connect the vCenter following Reconnect a vCenter Instance to Your VMware Cloud Director.