Comment 2 for bug 2053027

this is the relevent backtrace

[ 781.229500] env[61868]: Faults: ['InvalidArgument']
[ 781.229500] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] Traceback (most recent call last):
[ 781.229500] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] File "/opt/stack/nova/nova/compute/manager.py", line 2885, in _build_resources
[ 781.229500] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] yield resources
[ 781.229500] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] File "/opt/stack/nova/nova/compute/manager.py", line 2632, in _build_and_run_instance
[ 781.229500] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] self.driver.spawn(context, instance, image_meta,
[ 781.229500] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] File "/opt/stack/nova/nova/virt/vmwareapi/driver.py", line 539, in spawn
[ 781.229500] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] self._vmops.spawn(context, instance, image_meta, injected_files,
[ 781.229500] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] File "/opt/stack/nova/nova/virt/vmwareapi/vmops.py", line 786, in spawn
[ 781.229500] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] self._fetch_image_if_missing(context, vi)
[ 781.229500] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] File "/opt/stack/nova/nova/virt/vmwareapi/vmops.py", line 639, in _fetch_image_if_missing
[ 781.229904] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] image_cache(vi, tmp_image_ds_loc)
[ 781.229904] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] File "/opt/stack/nova/nova/virt/vmwareapi/vmops.py", line 537, in _cache_sparse_image
[ 781.229904] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] vm_util.copy_virtual_disk(
[ 781.229904] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] File "/opt/stack/nova/nova/virt/vmwareapi/vm_util.py", line 1423, in copy_virtual_disk
[ 781.229904] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] session._wait_for_task(vmdk_copy_task)
[ 781.229904] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] File "/opt/stack/nova/nova/virt/vmwareapi/session.py", line 157, in _wait_for_task
[ 781.229904] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] return self.wait_for_task(task_ref)
[ 781.229904] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] File "/opt/stack/data/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/oslo_vmware/api.py", line 398, in wait_for_task
[ 781.229904] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] return evt.wait()
[ 781.229904] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] File "/opt/stack/data/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/eventlet/event.py", line 124, in wait
[ 781.229904] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] result = hub.switch()
[ 781.229904] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] File "/opt/stack/data/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/eventlet/hubs/hub.py", line 310, in switch
[ 781.229904] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] return self.greenlet.switch()
[ 781.230298] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] File "/opt/stack/data/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/oslo_vmware/common/loopingcall.py", line 75, in _inner
[ 781.230298] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] self.f(*self.args, **self.kw)
[ 781.230298] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] File "/opt/stack/data/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/oslo_vmware/api.py", line 448, in _poll_task
[ 781.230298] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] raise exceptions.translate_fault(task_info.error)
[ 781.230298] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] oslo_vmware.exceptions.VimFaultException: A specified parameter was not correct: fileType
[ 781.230298] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121] Faults: ['InvalidArgument']
[ 781.230298] env[61868]: ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: b9c8dd4c-8a19-4ffb-8e57-b273c000f121]