vsphere-plugin synchronization fails with "unable to determine vcenter for node"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • After upgrading to OpenShift Container Platform, the vsphere-plugin synchronization fails with the following error messages:

    type: 'Warning' reason: 'FailedVSphereCheckNodeProviderID' 9 errors found, listing first 5:
    failed to find VM for node example-infra-dc3-abcde: unable to determine vcenter for node example-infra-dc3-abcde;
    failed to find VM for node example-infra-dc1-fghij: unable to determine vcenter for node example-infra-dc1-fghij;
    failed to find VM for node example-worker-dc1-lchb4: unable to determine vcenter for node example-worker-dc1-lchb4;
    failed to find VM for node example-master-2: unable to determine vcenter for node example-master-2
    I0902 13:09:31.852311       1 event.go:377] Event(v1.ObjectReference{Kind:"Deployment", Namespace:"openshift-cluster-storage-operator", Name:"vsphere-problem-detector-operator", UID:"4927fc0a-aea5-446f-a76c-ee8e3ec2fb8f", APIVersion:"apps/v1", ResourceVersion:"", FieldPath:""}): type: 'Warning' reason: 'FailedVSphereCheckComputeClusterPermissions' 9 errors found, listing first 5:
    failed to find VM for node example-infra-dc3-abcde: unable to determine vcenter for node example-infra-dc3-abcde;
    failed to find VM for node example-infra-dc1-fghij: unable to determine vcenter for node example-infra-dc1-fghij;
    failed to find VM for node example-worker-dc1-lchb4: unable to determine vcenter for node example-worker-dc1-lchb4;
    failed to find VM for node example-master-2: unable to determine vcenter for node example-master-2
    I0902 13:09:31.852318       1 event.go:377] Event(v1.ObjectReference{Kind:"Deployment", Namespace:"openshift-cluster-storage-operator", Name:"vsphere-problem-detector-operator", UID:"4927fc0a-aea5-446f-a76c-ee8e3ec2fb8f", APIVersion:"apps/v1", ResourceVersion:"", FieldPath:""}): type: 'Warning' reason: 'FailedVSphereCheckResourcePoolPermissions' 9 errors found, listing first 5:
    [..]
    I0902 13:09:31.852323       1 event.go:377] Event(v1.ObjectReference{Kind:"Deployment", Namespace:"openshift-cluster-storage-operator", Name:"vsphere-problem-detector-operator", UID:"4927fc0a-aea5-446f-a76c-ee8e3ec2fb8f", APIVersion:"apps/v1", ResourceVersion:"", FieldPath:""}): type: 'Warning' reason: 'FailedVSphereCollectNodeCBT' 9 errors found, listing first 5:
    

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP)
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