A cloud administrator is managing a VMware Cloud environment consisting of a single cluster with two hosts.
The administrator is trying to create a new virtual machine and is getting the following error message:
Cannot complete file creation operation. There are currently 2 usable fault domains. The operation requires 3 more usable fault domains. Failed to create object.
What could be causing this issue?
The error message indicates that there are currently 2 usable fault domains, but the operation requires 3 more usable fault domains. In VMware terminology, fault domains refer to separate physical components that can fail independently, such as hosts, racks, or sites. Since the error is related to the creation of a virtual machine and mentions fault domains, it points to an issue with the VM storage policy. The VM storage policy is likely configured to require more fault domains than are available in the current cluster setup. Adjusting the VM storage policy to match the actual number of fault domains in the cluster should resolve the issue.
hosts are fault domains