error: error reconfiguring virtual machine: error reconfiguring virtual machine: Invalid operation for device '0'

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Terraform

Terraform v1.8.4 on windows_386

Terraform Provider

2.8.1

VMware vSphere

v7.0.3

Description

Hello I want to create a virtual machine by cloning it, but I get an error：

Error: error reconfiguring virtual machine: error reconfiguring virtual machine: Invalid operation for device '0'.
│ 
│   with vsphere_virtual_machine.vm,
│   on main.tf line 1, in resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "vm":
│    1: resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "vm" {

Affected Resources or Data Sources

  disk {
    label            = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.disks.0.label
    size             = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.disks.0.size
    thin_provisioned = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.disks.0.thin_provisioned
  }

Terraform Configuration

main.tf

resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "vm" {
  name = var.vsphere_virtual_machine_name
  resource_pool_id = data.vsphere_resource_pool.pool.id
  datastore_id     = data.vsphere_datastore.datastore.id
  num_cpus         = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.num_cpus
  memory           = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.memory
  guest_id         = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.guest_id
  scsi_type        = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.scsi_type
  network_interface {
    network_id   = data.vsphere_network.network.id
    adapter_type = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.network_interface_types[0]
  }
  disk {
    label            = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.disks.0.label
    size             = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.disks.0.size
    thin_provisioned = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.disks.0.thin_provisioned
  }
  clone {
    template_uuid = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.id
    customize {
      linux_options {
        host_name = var.host_name
        domain    = var.domain
      }
      network_interface {
        ipv4_address    = var.ipv4_address
        ipv4_netmask    = var.ipv4_netmask
        dns_server_list = var.dns
      }
      ipv4_gateway = var.ipv4_gateway
    }
  }
}

providers.tf

provider "vsphere" {
  user                 = var.vsphere_user
  password             = var.vsphere_password
  vsphere_server       = var.vsphere_server
  allow_unverified_ssl = true
}

versions.tf

terraform {
  required_providers {
    vsphere = {
      source  = "hashicorp/vsphere"
      version = "2.8.1"
    }
  }
}

data.tf

data "vsphere_datacenter" "datacenter" {
  name = var.vsphere_datacenter_name
}

data "vsphere_datastore" "datastore" {
  name          = var.vsphere_datastore_name
  datacenter_id = data.vsphere_datacenter.datacenter.id
}

data "vsphere_compute_cluster" "cluster" {
  name          = var.vsphere_compute_cluster_name
  datacenter_id = data.vsphere_datacenter.datacenter.id
}

data "vsphere_network" "network" {
  name          = var.vsphere_network_name
  datacenter_id = data.vsphere_datacenter.datacenter.id
}

data "vsphere_resource_pool" "pool" {
  name          = var.resource_pool_id
  datacenter_id = data.vsphere_datacenter.datacenter.id
}
data "vsphere_virtual_machine" "template" {
  name          = var.vsphere_virtual_machine_template_name
  datacenter_id = data.vsphere_datacenter.datacenter.id
}

variables.tf

variable "vsphere_user" {
  type        = string
  description = "username"
}

variable "vsphere_password" {
  type        = string
  description = "password"
}

variable "vsphere_server" {
  type        = string
  description = "https://"
}

variable "vsphere_datacenter_name" {
  type        = string
  description = "vsphere_datacenter_name"
}

variable "vsphere_datastore_name" {
  type        = string
  description = "vsphere_datastore_name"
}

variable "vsphere_compute_cluster_name" {
  type        = string
  description = "vsphere_compute_cluster_name"
}

variable "vsphere_network_name" {
  type        = string
  description = "VM Network"
}

variable "vsphere_virtual_machine_template_name" {
  type        = string
  description = "vsphere_virtual_machine_template_name"
}

variable "vsphere_virtual_machine_name" {
  type        = string
  description = "vsphere_virtual_machine_name"
}

variable "host_name" {
  type        = string
  description = "host_name"
}

variable "domain" {
  type        = string
  description = "domain"
}

variable "ipv4_address" {
  type        = string
  description = "ipv4_address"
}

variable "ipv4_netmask" {
  type        = string
  description = "ipv4_netmask"
}

variable "ipv4_gateway" {
  type        = string
  description = "ipv4_gateway"
}

variable "dns" {
  type        = list(any)
  description = "dns"
}

variable "resource_pool_id" {
  type        = string
  description = "resource_pool_id"
}

terraform.tfvars

vsphere_user                          = "xx"
vsphere_password                      = "xx"
vsphere_server                        = "xxvcenter.com"
vsphere_datacenter_name               = "Datacenter"
vsphere_datastore_name                = "Datastore"
vsphere_compute_cluster_name          = "vsan"
vsphere_network_name                  = "network"
vsphere_virtual_machine_template_name = "centos7-tpl"
vsphere_virtual_machine_name          = "test-clone-terraform"
host_name                             = "test-clone-terraform"
domain                                = "test-clone-terraform"
ipv4_address                          = "10.80.51.234"
ipv4_netmask                          = "20"
ipv4_gateway                          = "10.80.50.1"
dns                                   = ["10.80.51.76", "10.80.51.77", "1.1.1.1"]
resource_pool_id                      = "test"`

Debug Output

---

Panic Output

No response

Expected Behavior

create virtal mashine

Actual Behavior

error

Steps to Reproduce

terraform plan
`Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution
plan. Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:

• create

Terraform will perform the following actions:

vsphere_virtual_machine.vm will be created

• resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "vm" {

  • annotation = (known after apply)

  • boot_retry_delay = 10000

  • change_version = (known after apply)

  • cpu_limit = -1

  • cpu_share_count = (known after apply)

  • cpu_share_level = "normal"

  • datastore_id = "datastore-7032"

  • default_ip_address = (known after apply)

  • ept_rvi_mode = "automatic"

  • extra_config_reboot_required = true

  • firmware = "bios"

  • force_power_off = true

  • guest_id = "centos7_64Guest"

  • guest_ip_addresses = (known after apply)

  • hardware_version = (known after apply)

  • host_system_id = (known after apply)

  • hv_mode = "hvAuto"

  • id = (known after apply)

  • ide_controller_count = 2

  • imported = (known after apply)

  • latency_sensitivity = "normal"

  • memory = 8192

  • memory_limit = -1

  • memory_share_count = (known after apply)

  • memory_share_level = "normal"

  • migrate_wait_timeout = 30

  • moid = (known after apply)

  • name = "test-clone-terraform"

  • num_cores_per_socket = 1

  • num_cpus = 4

  • power_state = (known after apply)

  • poweron_timeout = 300

  • reboot_required = (known after apply)

  • resource_pool_id = "resgroup-7133"

  • run_tools_scripts_after_power_on = true

  • run_tools_scripts_after_resume = true

  • run_tools_scripts_before_guest_shutdown = true

  • run_tools_scripts_before_guest_standby = true

  • sata_controller_count = 0

  • scsi_bus_sharing = "noSharing"

  • scsi_controller_count = 1

  • scsi_type = "pvscsi"

  • shutdown_wait_timeout = 3

  • storage_policy_id = (known after apply)

  • swap_placement_policy = "inherit"

  • sync_time_with_host = true

  • tools_upgrade_policy = "manual"

  • uuid = (known after apply)

  • vapp_transport = (known after apply)

  • vmware_tools_status = (known after apply)

  • vmx_path = (known after apply)

  • wait_for_guest_ip_timeout = 0

  • wait_for_guest_net_routable = true

  • wait_for_guest_net_timeout = 5

  • clone {

    • template_uuid = "42393058-8137-f6fa-f073-581093426ccc"

    • timeout = 30

    • customize {

      • ipv4_gateway = "10.80.50.1"

      • timeout = 10

      • linux_options {

        • domain = "test-clone-terraform"
        • host_name = "test-clone-terraform"
        • hw_clock_utc = true
          }

      • network_interface {

        • dns_server_list = [
          • "10.80.51.76",
          • "10.80.51.77",
          • "1.1.1.1",
            ]
        • ipv4_address = "10.80.51.234"
        • ipv4_netmask = 20
          }
          }
          }

  • disk {

    • attach = false
    • controller_type = "scsi"
    • datastore_id = ""
    • device_address = (known after apply)
    • disk_mode = "persistent"
    • disk_sharing = "sharingNone"
    • eagerly_scrub = false
    • io_limit = -1
    • io_reservation = 0
    • io_share_count = 0
    • io_share_level = "normal"
    • keep_on_remove = false
    • key = 0
    • label = "Hard disk 1"
    • path = (known after apply)
    • size = 100
    • storage_policy_id = (known after apply)
    • thin_provisioned = true
    • unit_number = 0
    • uuid = (known after apply)
    • write_through = false
      }

  • network_interface {

    • adapter_type = "vmxnet3"
    • bandwidth_limit = -1
    • bandwidth_reservation = 0
    • bandwidth_share_count = (known after apply)
    • bandwidth_share_level = "normal"
    • device_address = (known after apply)
    • key = (known after apply)
    • mac_address = (known after apply)
    • network_id = "dvportgroup-5003"
      }
      }**terraform apply**vsphere_virtual_machine.vm: Creating...
      vsphere_virtual_machine.vm: Still creating... [10s elapsed]
      ╷
      │ Error: error reconfiguring virtual machine: error reconfiguring virtual machine: Invalid operation for device '0'.
      │
      │ with vsphere_virtual_machine.vm,
      │ on main.tf line 1, in resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "vm":
      │ 1: resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "vm" {
      │
      ╵`

Environment Details

No response

Screenshots

References

#1809

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[jianglianwen]

[spacegospod]

Hey @jianglianwen this is an error thrown by vCenter. There's probably a more detailed message in the task console and in the logs.

Did you try the same operation via the vCenter UI?

[jianglianwen]

我将版本升级到2.9.0就没问题了

[tenthirtyam]

Might have been related to the sdk update.

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