virtual_machine_resource failes when having multiple disks

[perbly]

Hi

We are getting this error from vsphere when we are provisioning a virtual machine from template with 2 disks. vSphere clones the templates first but fails on the reconfigure step with this error:
vsphere_virtual_machine.vm: error reconfiguring virtual machine: Cannot complete file creation operation

If we remove the second disks segment the machine get´s created successful.

Any idea what we are doing wrong?

Terraform Version

Terraform v0.11.1

vSphere Provider Version

provider.vsphere v1.1.0 (tried 1.0.3 also)

Affected Resource(s)

Please list the resources as a list, for example:

• vsphere_virtual_machine

Terraform Configuration Files

data "vsphere_datacenter" "dc" {
  name = "ibiza1-tuinordic"
}

data "vsphere_datastore" "datastore" {
  name          = "ibiza1-datastore"
  datacenter_id = "${data.vsphere_datacenter.dc.id}"
}

data "vsphere_network" "network" {
   name 	 = "network1"
   datacenter_id = "${data.vsphere_datacenter.dc.id}"
}

data "vsphere_resource_pool" "pool" {
  name          = "ibiza-cluster1/Resources/Normal"
  datacenter_id = "${data.vsphere_datacenter.dc.id}"
}

data "vsphere_virtual_machine" "template" {
  name          = "ubuntu-1604"
  datacenter_id = "${data.vsphere_datacenter.dc.id}"
}

resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "vm" {
  count      = "${var.count}"
  name       = "pascha"
  num_cpus       = "${var.cpu}"
  memory     = "${var.memory}"
  resource_pool_id = "${data.vsphere_resource_pool.pool.id}"
  datastore_id = "${data.vsphere_datastore.datastore.id}"
  guest_id = "${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}"
  }

  disk {
    name = "pascha.vmdk"
    size  = "${data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.disks.0.size}"
    eagerly_scrub    = "${data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.disks.0.eagerly_scrub}"
    thin_provisioned = "${data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.disks.0.thin_provisioned}"
  }

  disk {
    name = "pascha_data_0.vmdk"
    size = "50"
    unit_number = 1
  }

  clone {
    template_uuid = "${data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.id}"
    customize {
      linux_options {
          host_name = "pascha"
	  domain = "sunrise.local"
      }
      network_interface {}
    }
  }
}

[perbly]

Adding the plan file also if it helps:

      id:                                               <computed>
      boot_retry_delay:                                 "10000"
      change_version:                                   <computed>
      clone.#:                                          "1"
      clone.0.customize.#:                              "1"
      clone.0.customize.0.linux_options.#:              "1"
      clone.0.customize.0.linux_options.0.domain:       "sunrise.local"
      clone.0.customize.0.linux_options.0.host_name:    "pascha"
      clone.0.customize.0.linux_options.0.hw_clock_utc: "true"
      clone.0.customize.0.network_interface.#:          "1"
      clone.0.customize.0.timeout:                      "10"
      clone.0.template_uuid:                            "423500fe-f566-33ae-844e-162d3b6e7ad1"
      clone.0.timeout:                                  "30"
      cpu_limit:                                        "-1"
      cpu_share_count:                                  <computed>
      cpu_share_level:                                  "normal"
      datastore_id:                                     "datastore-12"
      default_ip_address:                               <computed>
      disk.#:                                           "2"
      disk.0.attach:                                    "false"
      disk.0.device_address:                            <computed>
      disk.0.disk_mode:                                 "persistent"
      disk.0.disk_sharing:                              "sharingNone"
      disk.0.eagerly_scrub:                             "false"
      disk.0.io_limit:                                  "-1"
      disk.0.io_reservation:                            "0"
      disk.0.io_share_count:                            "0"
      disk.0.io_share_level:                            "normal"
      disk.0.keep_on_remove:                            "false"
      disk.0.key:                                       "0"
      disk.0.name:                                      "pascha.vmdk"
      disk.0.size:                                      "19"
      disk.0.thin_provisioned:                          "false"
      disk.0.unit_number:                               "0"
      disk.0.write_through:                             "false"
      disk.1.attach:                                    "false"
      disk.1.device_address:                            <computed>
      disk.1.disk_mode:                                 "persistent"
      disk.1.disk_sharing:                              "sharingNone"
      disk.1.eagerly_scrub:                             "false"
      disk.1.io_limit:                                  "-1"
      disk.1.io_reservation:                            "0"
      disk.1.io_share_count:                            "0"
      disk.1.io_share_level:                            "normal"
      disk.1.keep_on_remove:                            "false"
      disk.1.key:                                       "0"
      disk.1.name:                                      "pascha_data_0.vmdk"
      disk.1.size:                                      "1"
      disk.1.thin_provisioned:                          "true"
      disk.1.unit_number:                               "1"
      disk.1.write_through:                             "false"
      ept_rvi_mode:                                     "automatic"
      firmware:                                         "bios"
      force_power_off:                                  "true"
      guest_id:                                         "ubuntu64Guest"
      guest_ip_addresses.#:                             <computed>
      host_system_id:                                   <computed>
      hv_mode:                                          "hvAuto"
      imported:                                         <computed>
      memory:                                           "1024"
      memory_limit:                                     "-1"
      memory_share_count:                               <computed>
      memory_share_level:                               "normal"
      migrate_wait_timeout:                             "30"
      name:                                             "pascha"
      network_interface.#:                              "1"
      network_interface.0.adapter_type:                 "vmxnet3"
      network_interface.0.bandwidth_limit:              "-1"
      network_interface.0.bandwidth_reservation:        "0"
      network_interface.0.bandwidth_share_count:        <computed>
      network_interface.0.bandwidth_share_level:        "normal"
      network_interface.0.device_address:               <computed>
      network_interface.0.key:                          <computed>
      network_interface.0.mac_address:                  <computed>
      network_interface.0.network_id:                   "dvportgroup-113"
      num_cores_per_socket:                             "1"
      num_cpus:                                         "1"
      reboot_required:                                  <computed>
      resource_pool_id:                                 "resgroup-183"
      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"
      scsi_controller_count:                            "1"
      scsi_type:                                        "pvscsi"
      shutdown_wait_timeout:                            "3"
      swap_placement_policy:                            "inherit"
      tags.#:                                           "3"
      tags.1119635994:                                  "urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceTag:a9ed4ad4-7446-4748-ab1b-2839576bb25f:GLOBAL"
      tags.1250399651:                                  "urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceTag:997d6231-6ce5-47a1-b25e-c024e6a12b16:GLOBAL"
      tags.465994353:                                   "urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceTag:157d55f6-892f-46f7-a249-1fb22fb3cfd1:GLOBAL"
      uuid:                                             <computed>
      vmware_tools_status:                              <computed>
      vmx_path:                                         <computed>
      wait_for_guest_net_timeout:                       "5"

[adnoh]

@perbly the typos in your config are just copy / paste errors?
""ibiza-cluster1/Resources/Normal""
"ubuntu-1604

[perbly]

Yes, they are copy paste typos @adnoh we use datasource lookup up for them using a homemade CMDB so i just replaced the value with something.

[vidkun]

I'm getting the same thing. Same error message as OP and was about to open a new issue because I didn't think it was disk related. However, I just commented out the second disk definition for each VM resource and it completed successfully just fine.

Plan gist is here: https://gist.github.com/vidkun/883e1e69c254ba04843379594de886b7

Trace Log snippet gist is here: https://gist.github.com/vidkun/54a8a2a74fede9a92949c669867cdc84

$ terraform -v
Terraform v0.11.1
+ provider.vsphere v1.1.1

[chrisipa]

Same error here. Please fix ...

[ryancurrah]

We just compiled master branch with PR 363 change, tested it and we confirm it fixes this issue