Openshift-4.5 cluster installation on vSphere IPI failed with error "failed to create machine: unable to get resource pool for <nil>"

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Issue

  • Installing an openshift-4.5 with vSphere IPI installation, all workers are stuck at the provisioning phase.
  • Error in the machine-controller logs as below
E0717 02:06:48.784158       1 actuator.go:50] dev-xxxx-worker-yyyy error: unable to get resource pool for <nil>: default resource pool resolves to multiple instances, please specify
W0717 02:06:48.784296       1 controller.go:315] dev-xxxx-worker-yyyy: failed to create machine: unable to get resource pool for <nil>: default resource pool resolves to multiple instances, please specify

Environment

  • Openshift Container Platform
    • 4.5.0
    • 4.5.1
    • 4.5.3
    • 4.5.4

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