Error: REMOVE_HOST operation validation failed

[pradeep17j]

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Terraform

1.9.2

Terraform Provider

0.9.1

VMware Cloud Foundation

5.2

Description

Remove host operation on a cluster fails with error message below.

Message: REMOVE_HOST operation validation failed due to: Cluster HA/DRS: Check if cluster has HA & DRS enabled

Remediation Message:

Reference Token: PJUHO6

Cause: 

This happens because the provider by default sets the high_availability_enabled": false,
Below is the snippet of terraform.tfstate file which shows that high_availability_enabled=False.

The provider should set this to true.

{
  "version": 4,
  "terraform_version": "1.9.2",
  "serial": 20,
  "lineage": "1a400f44-29a9-8c66-e115-5f240a8fdca6",
  "outputs": {},
  "resources": [
    {
      "mode": "managed",
      "type": "vcf_domain",
      "name": "workload_domain1",
      "provider": "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/vmware/vcf\"]",
      "instances": [
        {
          "schema_version": 0,
          "attributes": {
            "cluster": [
              {
                "cluster_image_id": "",
                "evc_mode": "",
                "geneve_vlan_id": 200,
                "high_availability_enabled": false,
                "host": [
                  {

Affected Resources or Data Sources

r/workload_domain

Terraform Configuration

resource "vcf_domain" "workload_domain1" {
  name = "sfo-w01-vc01"

  #vCenter Settings
  vcenter_configuration {
    name            = var.wld1_vcenter_configuration["name"]
    fqdn            = var.wld1_vcenter_configuration["fqdn"]
    vm_size         = var.wld1_vcenter_configuration["vm_size"]
    storage_size    = var.wld1_vcenter_configuration["storage_size"]
    ip_address      = var.wld1_vcenter_configuration["ip"]
    subnet_mask     = var.wld1_vcenter_configuration["subnet_mask"]
    gateway         = var.wld1_vcenter_configuration["gateway"]
    datacenter_name = "${var.workload_domain1_name}-dc"
    root_password   = var.wld_passwords["vcenter"]
  }

Debug Output

vcf_domain.workload_domain1: Modifying... [id=7eaebd4a-d7da-4de0-81c5-2c53faedefb3]
vcf_domain.workload_domain1: Still modifying... [id=7eaebd4a-d7da-4de0-81c5-2c53faedefb3, 10s elapsed]
vcf_domain.workload_domain1: Still modifying... [id=7eaebd4a-d7da-4de0-81c5-2c53faedefb3, 20s elapsed]
vcf_domain.workload_domain1: Still modifying... [id=7eaebd4a-d7da-4de0-81c5-2c53faedefb3, 30s elapsed]
vcf_domain.workload_domain1: Still modifying... [id=7eaebd4a-d7da-4de0-81c5-2c53faedefb3, 40s elapsed]
vcf_domain.workload_domain1: Still modifying... [id=7eaebd4a-d7da-4de0-81c5-2c53faedefb3, 50s elapsed]
vcf_domain.workload_domain1: Still modifying... [id=7eaebd4a-d7da-4de0-81c5-2c53faedefb3, 1m0s elapsed]
╷
│ Error: Task with ID = e2ece250-7875-4cd8-a67d-7082faacafdc , Name: "Removing host(s) from cluster" Type: "CLUSTER_COMPACTION" is in state Failed
│
│   with vcf_domain.workload_domain1,
│   on wld1.tf line 134, in resource "vcf_domain" "workload_domain1":
│  134: resource "vcf_domain" "workload_domain1" {
│
╵

Panic Output

No response

Expected Behavior

Remove host operation on a cluster should have succeeded.

Actual Behavior

Fails to remove because by default the vSphere HA is OFF.

Steps to Reproduce

• Create a workload_domain
• Add hosts to the cluster
• Remove host from cluster -- > Fails here

Environment Details

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Screenshots

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References

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[tenthirtyam]

Please use the markdown editor to formal the hcl and console output for readability

Reference: https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/writing-on-github/working-with-advanced-formatting/creating-and-highlighting-code-blocks

[tenthirtyam]

Proper formatting applied for maintainer readability and historical context.

[spacegospod]

high_availability_enabled is optional and simply setting it to true should work around the problem.

As for the default value - it should stay false.
This is an optional property according to the documentation https://developer.broadcom.com/xapis/vmware-cloud-foundation-api/latest/data-structures/AdvancedOptions/
Furthermore enabling HA on a cluster should be a concious decision and should be specified explicitly by the user.

[tenthirtyam]

Closing per #201 (comment).

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