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VM Reservation Fails in a Clustered Environment

Symptom:

A reservation fails in a clustered environment. Messages such as the following are displayed:

Reason: Datastores are not configured correctly in virtual resource pool Name.
Resolution:  Please make sure to specify datastores that can be used to deploy to ESX server Server_name.

Details: Exception: An attempt to deploy a virtual machine to Server_name cannot be performed as no datastores are available for use.
Please edit the virtual resource pool Name to specify datastores that can be used when deploying virtual machines to Server_name.

Solution:

Use one of the following solutions:

• Each ESX server needs a datastore defined for use when creating new virtual machines. Update the resource pool to associate the listed ESX server with a datastore.
• Verify that the VMware vCenter cluster name does not contain a slash (/) character.