VCF 9 Management Domain Deployment hangs within VCF Ops Collector (Cloud Proxy) #46
Description
Describe the bug
Task in VCF Installer:
Retrieve the status for VCF Operations with VCF Operations collector Deployment request
Error message:
Request createenvironment failed with error cause [{"messageId":"LCMVROPSSYSTEM29002","message":"Operations collector group operation failure","eventId":"15e218b6-168f-4256-9d2b-7b120af1d42a","retry":true,"exceptionMessage":"Wait timeout, Cloud Proxy node didn't join the Operations cluster, retry after sometime.","exceptionStackTrace":"com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.plugin.common.vrops.exceptions.CollectorGroupOperationsException: Wait timeout, Cloud Proxy node didn't join the Operations cluster, retry after sometime.\n\tat com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.plugin.core.vrops.tasks.VropsOnPremCpNodeWaitForStartTask.execute(VropsOnPremCpNodeWaitForStartTask.java:67)\n\tat com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.plugin.core.vrops.tasks.VropsOnPremCpNodeWaitForStartTask.retry(VropsOnPremCpNodeWaitForStartTask.java:122)\n\tat com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.automata.core.TaskThread.run(TaskThread.java:60)\n\tat java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)\n\tat java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)\n\tat java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)\n","localizedMessageId":"VROPS_ON_PREM_CP_NODE_WAIT_FOR_START_TASK_00002","parameters":null,"properties":{"deleteVm":"false"}}] Reference Token: F4V4HD
Error message in Holo-Router:
27-09-2025 03:06:45 SddcMgmtDomain[64348]: [INFO] Current task in progress: Retrieve the status for VCF Operations with VCF Operations collector Deployment request
27-09-2025 03:06:45 SddcMgmtDomain[64348]: [INFO] Management Domain is not ready yet. Sleeping for 5 mins
27-09-2025 03:11:45 SddcMgmtDomain[64348]: [ERROR] Management Domain deployment failed. Check the logs below for more details
27-09-2025 03:11:45 SddcMgmtDomain[64348]: [ERROR] @{name=Retrieve the status for VCF Operations with VCF Operations collector Deployment request; description=Retrieve the status for VCF Operations with VCF Operations collector Deployment request; status=COMPLETED_WITH_FAILURE; creationTimestamp=09/27/2025 01:41:49; updateTimestamp=09/27/2025 03:10:42; errors=System.Object[]}
27-09-2025 03:11:45 SddcMgmtDomain[64348]: [INFO] Retrying Management Domain deployment
27-09-2025 03:11:46 SddcMgmtDomain[64348]: [INFO] Management Domain is not ready yet. Sleeping for 5 mins
..... after six retrys, script stops
27-09-2025 04:31:52 SddcMgmtDomain[64348]: [INFO] Management Domain is not ready yet. Sleeping for 5 mins
27-09-2025 04:36:52 SddcMgmtDomain[64348]: [INFO] Current task in progress: Retrieve the status for VCF Operations with VCF Operations collector Deployment request
27-09-2025 04:36:52 SddcMgmtDomain[64348]: [INFO] Management Domain is not ready yet. Sleeping for 5 mins
27-09-2025 04:41:52 SddcMgmtDomain[64348]: [ERROR] Management Domain deployment failed. Check the logs below for more details
27-09-2025 04:41:52 SddcMgmtDomain[64348]: [ERROR] @{name=Retrieve the status for VCF Operations with VCF Operations collector Deployment request; description=Retrieve the status for VCF Operations with VCF Operations collector Deployment request; status=COMPLETED_WITH_FAILURE; creationTimestamp=09/27/2025 03:11:55; updateTimestamp=09/27/2025 04:40:49; errors=System.Object[]}
27-09-2025 04:41:52 SddcMgmtDomain[64348]: [ERROR] SDDC Deployment fails after 5 retries.
27-09-2025 04:41:52 SddcMgmtDomain[64348]: [ERROR] SDDC Deployment fails after 5 retries.
Exception: Exiting
Reproduction steps
1.PS /root> New-HoloDeckInstance -version "9.0" -InstanceID 'HOLOH1v9' -vsanmode "ESA" -managementonly -depottype "Offline"
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Expected behavior
deployment of VCF9 MD without problems
Additional context
Offline Depot ODA works fine