regression: vm clone failed

[nanw1103]

Command being used:
govc vm.clone -waitip=true -on=true -vm /nanw/vm/hlcm-build/hlcm-deployer-build-base hlcm-deployer

Works with 0.21
Fails with: v0.21.0-58-g8d28646
Fails with: master build 0.22

Error message in vCenter:
Task Name: Call DRS for cross vMotion placement recommendations
Status: The operation is not allowed in the current state.

I think this is related to the target cluster state, which has one and only one host without DRS enabled.

[dougm]

What environment variables do you have set? In this case, if GOVC_CLUSTER is set, that could be the issue. That is the only related change to vm.clone since 0.21: #1589

Either way, I think we'll need to use a different flag name or ignore the env var to include the placement feature that #1589 introduced, so we avoiding changing behavior if GOVC_CLUSTER was already set.

[dougm]

#1714 should fix the issue for you.

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