Error cloning virtual machine

Terraform Providers VMware
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Attempting to use some code from gitlab to clone a template, but getting error:

[INFO] provider.terraform-provider-vsphere_v2.7.0_x5.exe: 2024/03/13 09:55:24 [DEBUG] Cloning virtual machine “/Datacenter/vm/cs-alma-test”: timestamp=…
[ERROR] provider.terraform-provider-vsphere_v2.7.0_x5.exe: Response contains error diagnostic: diagnostic_detail=“” diagnostic_summary=“error cloning virtual machine: ServerFaultCode: Permission to perform this operation was denied.” tf_proto_version=5.4 tf_req_id=75d74d63-92b3-fe82-7f31-cd45214ca310 tf_provider_addr=provider tf_rpc=ApplyResourceChange @caller=github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-go@v0.21.0/tfprotov5/internal/diag/diagnostics.go:62 @module=sdk.proto diagnostic_severity=ERROR tf_resource_type=vsphere_virtual_machine timestamp=2024-03-13T09:55:24.992Z
[DEBUG] State storage *statemgr.Filesystem declined to persist a state snapshot
[ERROR] vertex “vsphere_virtual_machine.vm” error: error cloning virtual machine: ServerFaultCode: Permission to perform this operation was denied.

Confused about the message "Cloning virtual machine “/Datacenter/vm/cs-alma-test” - does this mean it’s looking in the path /Datacenter/vm for the template, or it’s trying to put the clone in /Datacenter/vm? Neither of which is correct…

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I’ve now discovered (by using the vsphere.local) credentials that the VM is being created in the datacenter root, rather than the resource pool specified. Terraform plan returns the resource_pool_id correctly:

  • resource “vsphere_virtual_machine” “vm” {
    .
    + resource_pool_id = “resgroup-2252508”

… which I have confirmed with powershell:

Get-Datacenter “datacenter” | Get-Cluster | Get-ResourcePool | select Name, Id

CS Sandbox ResourcePool-resgroup-2252508

… although I have just noticed that “ResourcePool-” is missing in the plan. Odd.