Dell EMC NAS VAAI Module for ESX Server (Dell EMC NasPlugin_4.0-1.0.0001_17800695) will not show/add when using vLCM desired image components.

Products

• VMware vCenter Server
• VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0
• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

When attempting to create a cluster vLCM image manually or when attempting to update a cluster to a later version of ESXi, the Dell EMC NAS VAAI Module for ESX Server is not present.

Environment

VMware ESXi 7.x
VMware ESXi 8.x
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 7.x
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 8.x

Cause

The Dell EMC NAS VAAI is a 3rd party component that must be loaded from Lifecycle Management and then added to the vLCM/Single Image cluster.

Resolution

• Obtain the Dell EMC NAS VAAI Module for ESX Server from Dell EMC directly.
• Before uploading to the VCSA, make sure the file obtained from Dell EMC does not contain a ZIP file within a ZIP file (embedded).  You should only proceed with the ZIP file that has the "vib20" directory under it.  You may need to extract it from the original ZIP file downloaded.
• Open the vCenter GUI, select the menu in the upper left hand corner and then select Lifecycle Manager.
• Click Actions and then Import Updates.
• Browse to the location where the proper ZIP file as indicated above and then select Import.
• You should now see the Component listed in the Components section with the show Independent components.
• Add the component as described in the "Working with Images" TechDoc.
• Save the Image and apply to the ESXi hosts in the cluster.