Month: November 2021

Windows-based deployment fails with error: “A specified parameter was not correct: spec.identification.domainAdmin”

Logs: vpxd.log on the vCenter

 info vpxd[10775] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=68b9a06d] [VpxLRO] -- ERROR task-121185 -- vm-2123 -- vim.VirtualMachine.customize: vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument:
--> Result:
--> (vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument) {
-->    faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
-->    faultMessage = <unset>,
-->    invalidProperty = "spec.identification.domainAdmin"
-->    msg = ""
--> }
...
...
...
-->       identification = (vim.vm.customization.Identification) {
-->          joinWorkgroup = <unset>,
-->          joinDomain = "ntitta.lab",
-->          domainAdmin = "",
-->          domainAdminPassword = (vim.vm.customization.Password) {
-->             value = (not shown),
-->             plainText = true

Cause: There were changes made to guest cust spec on 7.0u3a

Workaround:

For a blueprint that does not leverage domain join, Navigate to Cloud assembly > Network Profile> open (the-network-profile-used-in-bp) > networks > edit(vCenter_network_mapped)
leave the domain filed here as blank and then re-run the deployment.

re-run the deployment, it now works: