Ontap Select 9.5 deployment failed

[AndreiS]

Hello,

Trying to deploy single node cluster Ontap Select 9.5 on ESXi  6.0 with external array (over FC). During node deployment got he following error in the job deployment log:

[Request 445 (running)]: Creating cluster nodes. This operation may take up to two hours, depending on the response time of the virtualization envi[Request 445 (running)]: Node "OTS-PPE01-01" create failed. Reason: Virtual appliance create failed (waitForLease).. Manual deletion of this node f[Request 445 (running)]: Creating data disks. This operation may take as long as two hours depending on the amount of storage to be provisioned on [Request 445 (running)]: NodeVMNotFound: Node "OTS-PPE01-01" in cluster "OTS-PPE01" not found on any host. If the cluster has been reconfigured out[Request 445 (failure)]: Node "OTS-PPE01-01" delete complete ...

On VMware task event - got an error of "Cannot place virtual machine in a folder that is not a virtual machine type folder".

Is any folder required to be created for the Ontape Select VM or a specific VMware profile ? I have not seen any configuration option on Deploy VM. Appreciating any help/feedback related to this issue.

Thanks,

Andrei.

[berndj]

Just got exactly the same issue here BUT with 9.7 Deploy.

Did you solve it by a support case?

[zeitlins]

Hi

how are you provisioning the Storage whre you plan to install ontap select?

You must format the Storage vmfs first. As ontap Select will create the vmdk files.

HTH Stefan

[berndj]

VMFS 6 formated LUN on a external HDS array - provisioned upfront and accessible by the host - no other vmdk yet provisioned on this data store 8TB requested on a 10 TB LUN...