PowerStore: Failed to deploy VM from OVA template with using a storage policy with PowerStore replication rule

Summary: Failed to deploy VM from OVA template with using a storage policy with PowerStore replication rule

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Symptoms

At vSphere user select the wizard to "deploy OVF template" and selects the storge policy with a replication capability.
After completing the wizard, a task to deploy a new VM is created.
This task fails with the following error:
A general system error occurred: PBM error occurred during PreCreateCheckCallback: Fault cause: pbm.fault.PBMFault

Cause

It is not possible to deploy vVol based VM from a template, if a storage profile with replication capability is selected. Wizard in vSphere doesn't allow to select a replication group, so the operation fails.


Resolution

As a workaround, a storage policy without a replication capability should be selected on vVol deployment from a template. After a successful VM deployment, a storage policy with replication capability could be applied to that VM.

Contact technical support for further assistance.

Affected Products

PowerStore
Article Properties
Article Number: 000188674
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 05 Sept 2025
Version:  4
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