Machines on a ACM-managed cluster are failing to provision

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • 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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