𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗟𝘀𝗶𝗟𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝟬:𝟬. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻: 𝗜𝗻𝗽𝘂𝘁/𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿

😁😁😁Today I was dealing with an interesting challenge with the VMware Cloud Foundation

The Cloud Builder was getting stuck during the NSX Appliance import phase, and by checking the vCenter of the Management Domain, it was evident that it consistently stalled at 27%.

I then went into the Cloud Builder logs, specifically in the following file:

👉👉👉 /𝘃𝗮𝗿/𝗹𝗼𝗴/𝘃𝗺𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲/𝘃𝗰𝗳/𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗽/𝘃𝗰𝗳-𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗽-𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗴.𝗹𝗼𝗴

There I found an error that wasn't entirely clear but gave me an idea of what the problem might be:

The error was:

👉👉👉 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 /𝘀𝗳𝗼-𝗺𝟬𝟭-𝗻𝘀𝘅𝟬𝟭𝗮/𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗟𝘀𝗶𝗟𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝟬:𝟬. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻: 𝗜𝗻𝗽𝘂𝘁/𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿

This raised suspicions that something might be corrupted in the image. But which image? You should know that the Cloud Builder contains an ISO called "

𝘀𝗱𝗱𝗰-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲.𝗶𝘀𝗼" that includes all the Appliances to be used in VCF (vCenter, NSX, SDDC Manager, etc.).

When you initiate the configuration of the Management Domain using the Cloud Builder, it mounts the mentioned ISO.

I then attempted to manually extract the NSX OVA file from the ISO and encountered the same "input/output error."

🎯🎯The file was indeed corrupted.🎯🎯

(Some days ago NUC shutdown unexpectedly 😒😒)

To resolve this, I had two options:

😁 reload the Cloud Builder Appliance: simple but not a good idea because I don't want to restart the Management Domain from scratch

😉 or, for a more targeted solution, copy a new "sddc-foundation-bundle.iso" into the Cloud Builder using WinSCP.

Now, with the new ISO in place, the Cloud Builder successfully loaded the NSX Appliance in just a few minutes and continuous the creation process of the Management Domain

Have a good day with VCF!!