Summary
The ESXi server preparation fails with the following error message:
Operation failed:
com.vmware.vim25.AlreadyExistFaultMsg. The specified key,name, or identifier already exists.
com.vmware.vim25.AlreadyExistFaultMsg. The specified key,name, or identifier already exists.
Details
The error occurs if the ESXi host already has the vmservice-vswitch, and the vmservice-vmknic-pg portgroup is binded to an IP address other than 169.254.1.1.
To resolve the issue, change the IP address to 169.254.1.1:
- On the vCenter, click the ESXi host.
- Click the Configuration tab.
- Under Hardware, click Networking.
- Click Properties under vmservice-vswitch.
- Click vmservice-vmknic-pg and then click Edit.
- Go to the IP Settings tab.
- Set the IP address to “169.254.1.1” and the subnet mask to “255.255.255.0”.
- Click Okay and then close the Switch Properties window.
The error will no longer appear during ESXi preparation.