diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/vcenter_utils.py b/plugins/module_utils/vcenter_utils.py
index 23246e4..0547d76 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/vcenter_utils.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/vcenter_utils.py
@@ -77,12 +77,11 @@ def establish_vcenter_connection(module, vCenter_host, username, password, ignor
                 module.fail_json(msg="Caught vmodl fault while connecting to vCenter: " + error.msg)
     return service_instance.RetrieveContent()
 
-
 def get_resource_id_from_name(module, vCenter_host, username, password,
                               resource_type, resource_name, ignore_ssl_verification):
     """
     params:
-    - resource_type: Type of vCenter resource. Accepted values 'host', 'cluster', 'storage', 'network', and 'folder'.
+    - resource_type: Type of vCenter resource. Accepted values 'host', 'cluster', 'storage', 'network', 'folder', and 'compute'.
     - resource_name: Name of the resource.
     result:
     - moref id of the resource name and type given.
@@ -104,11 +103,17 @@ def get_resource_id_from_name(module, vCenter_host, username, password,
         elif resource_type == 'folder':
             objview = content.viewManager.CreateContainerView(content.rootFolder,
                                                               [vim.Folder], True)
+        elif resource_type == 'compute':
+            # For 'compute', we need to look for both clusters and resource pools
+            objview = content.viewManager.CreateContainerView(content.rootFolder,
+                                                              [vim.ClusterComputeResource, vim.ResourcePool], True)
         else:
             module.fail_json(msg='Resource type provided by user either doesn\'t'
                                  ' exist or is not supported')
+        
         all_resources = objview.view
         objview.Destroy()
+        
         for resource in all_resources:
             if resource_type == 'folder' and resource.name == resource_name.split('/')[-1]:
                 folder_path = resource_name.split('/')
@@ -121,13 +126,21 @@ def get_resource_id_from_name(module, vCenter_host, username, password,
                 return resource._moId
             elif resource.name == resource_name:
                 return resource._moId
-        module.fail_json(msg='%s doesn\'t exist in %s' % (resource_name,
-                                                          resource_type))
+        
+        if resource_type == 'compute':
+            # If we're here, we didn't find a matching cluster or top-level resource pool
+            # Let's search for nested resource pools
+            for resource in all_resources:
+                if isinstance(resource, vim.ClusterComputeResource):
+                    for rp in resource.resourcePool.resourcePool:  # Search immediate child resource pools
+                        if rp.name == resource_name:
+                            return rp._moId
+        
+        module.fail_json(msg='%s doesn\'t exist in %s' % (resource_name, resource_type))
     except vmodl.MethodFault as error:
         print("Caught vmodl fault while fetching info from vCenter: " + error.msg)
         return -1
 
-
 def get_data_network_id_from_name(module, vCenter_host, username, password,
                                   data_network_name_list, ignore_ssl_verification):
     """
diff --git a/plugins/modules/nsxt_transport_nodes.py b/plugins/modules/nsxt_transport_nodes.py
index 35717c6..6c7105f 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/nsxt_transport_nodes.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/nsxt_transport_nodes.py
@@ -975,10 +975,15 @@ def inject_vcenter_info(module, manager_url, mgr_username, mgr_password, validat
                                            'storage', storage, ignore_ssl_verification)
     transport_node_params['node_deployment_info']['deployment_config']['vm_deployment_config']['storage_id'] = str(storage_id)
 
-    cluster = vm_deployment_config.pop('compute')
-    cluster_id = get_resource_id_from_name(module, vc_ip, vc_username, vc_password,
-                                           'cluster', cluster, ignore_ssl_verification)
-    transport_node_params['node_deployment_info']['deployment_config']['vm_deployment_config']['compute_id'] = str(cluster_id)
+    cluster_or_rp = vm_deployment_config.pop('compute')
+    # Try to get the cluster ID or resource pool ID
+    compute_id = get_resource_id_from_name(module, vc_ip, vc_username, vc_password,
+                                           'compute', cluster_or_rp, ignore_ssl_verification)
+    
+    if compute_id == -1:
+        module.fail_json(msg=f"Neither cluster nor resource pool with name '{cluster_or_rp}' found.")
+
+    transport_node_params['node_deployment_info']['deployment_config']['vm_deployment_config']['compute_id'] = str(compute_id)
 
     management_network = vm_deployment_config.pop('management_network')
     management_network_id = get_resource_id_from_name(module, vc_ip, vc_username, vc_password,