topic Query: Simplivity deployment cluster specification retrieval error in HPE SimpliVity

Simplivity deployment cluster specification retrieval error

Kumport_BT — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 16:43:46 GMT

Hello all,

When I tried to deploy my 2 node simplivity device to my current cluster, its giving this error. I guess its cannot communicate with the cluster. The all of other test is successfuly. I cannot find any solution. Do you have any idea ?

Query: Simplivity deployment cluster specification retrieval error

support_s — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 10:27:01 GMT

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Re: Simplivity deployment cluster specification retrieval error

gustenar — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:21:03 GMT

Hello @Kumport_BT ,

Do you have distributed switches configured in the cluster you're trying to deploy this node into? The orchestrator.log file should give you a better idea of what the problem was, post it here if you can.

Re: Query: Simplivity deployment cluster specification retrieval error

Kumport_BT — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 05:09:26 GMT

Hello,

No, I dont have a distrubuted switch. Just vlans.

Re: Query: Simplivity deployment cluster specification retrieval error

gustenar — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 14:24:02 GMT

The deployment manager expects standard vSwitches and also expects standard PortGroup names, so if you don't have distributed switches, have you changed the names of the PortGroups of the nodes in that cluster? Another thing to check is to make sure that you don't have any empty clusters in that datacenter.

Re: Simplivity deployment cluster specification retrieval error

EngAshor — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 04:32:14 GMT

Try skipping the validation test and force the deployment by doing the following:

1) Login to Deployment manager machine. ( do not start the deployment Manager)
2) Browse to C:\Program Files (x86)\SimpliVity\DeploymentManager
3) Edit the file "Simplivity.DM.View.exe.config"
4) Change the value to ‘True’ in following line <add key="PredeployValidationOverride" value=“False"/>
i.e. <add key="PredeployValidationOverride" value=“True"/>
5) Start the deployment manager and proceed for deployment.