Machines on a ACM-managed cluster are failing to provision
Issue
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On an ACM managed cluster on VMware, Machines are failing to provision with the following error:
lastUpdated: "2025-05-20T01:20:02Z" phase: Provisioning providerStatus: conditions: - lastTransitionTime: "2025-05-20T01:20:03Z" message: 'error triggering clone op for machine &{context.Background.WithCancel.WithValue(type logr.contextKey, val <not Stringer>).WithValue(type controller.reconcileIDKey, val <not Stringer>) 0xc0000ba280 0xc00025f5f0 0xc00025f830 0xc000fbe080 0xc00039b200 0xc0004a89c0 0xc00098e240 0xc000cb77d0 true}: ServerFaultCode: Permission to perform this operation was denied.' reason: MachineCreationSucceeded status: "False" type: MachineCreation
Environment
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.x
VMware vSphere
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