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Cannot deploy ontap select

PeriwebICT — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:31:21 GMT

I am currently installing ONTAP Select Version: 2.1 VM Version: 2.1 on VMware ESXi, 6.0.0, 3073146

When the cluster is created I get the following error

ClusterCreateFailed : NodeStartErr: Node ontapcluster-1 failed to start: (Cannot 'start' VM ontapcluster-1: NoCompatibleHost).

Can anyone advise what the issue is?

Re: Cannot deploy ontap select

hariprak — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 06:24:50 GMT

Hi,

Can you let us know which version of ONTAP Select you are trying to install

Thanks

Re: Cannot deploy ontap select

PeriwebICT — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 13:30:26 GMT

Here's the info for the data node that the ontap deploy utility created :

Product: Data ONTAP-v

Version : 2.0.0 (9,0P1)

I assume that based on the versioning it is 9.0P1. The one node cluster is created successfuly but when the data VM tries to power up I get the original error message and I get two cryptic messages in Vmware.

"Failed to find a host for powering on the virtual machine. The following faults explain why the registered host is not compatible."

"The operation is not allowed in the current state of the host."

Thanks for your assistance.

Re: Cannot deploy ontap select

venkat3 — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 07:32:39 GMT

@PeriwebICT

Thanks for the detailed error.

"The operation is not allowed in the current state of the host."

Here is the KB which mentions the same error and resolution

https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2069496

Please try this

To work around this issue, disconnect and reconnect the ESXi host that is running the virtual machine to force vCenter Server to retrieve an updated set of data relating to the objects registered to the host.

google search showed me this link too.

https://www.vmadmin.co.uk/resources/36-virtualcenter/362-the-operation-is-not-allowed-in-the-current-connection-state-of-the-host-vcenter-5-5

is the VC 5.5?

regards

Re: Cannot deploy ontap select

PeriwebICT — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 15:04:54 GMT

Thanks for the reply. That was indeed the issue.