vSphere Problem Detector Operator reports missing permissions at the cluster level when creating VMs in a Resource Pool

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Receiving health check warnings for CheckComputeClusterPermissions.
  • Events in cluster showing warning FailedVSphereCheckComputeClusterPermissions.

  • After following the solution vSphere Problem Detector Operator fails with permissions checks in OpenShift 4 , the following warning keeps appearing from vsphere problem detector pod:

    CheckComputeClusterPermissions:<Node> failed: missing privileges for compute cluster <vSphere_Cluster>: Resource.AssignVMToPool, VApp.AssignResourcePool, VApp.Import, VirtualMachine.Config.AddNewDisk

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP)
    • 4
  • VMware vSphere
  • vSphere Problem Detector Operator

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