# Node creation stuck with message WaitingForNodeRef

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/node-creation-stuck-with-message-waitingfornoderef/44222>\
**Category:** SUSE Rancher Prime\
**Created:** [October 3, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/node-creation-stuck-with-message-waitingfornoderef/44222 "2024-10-03T13:28:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![ranchom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@ranchom](https://forums.suse.com/u/ranchom)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/node-creation-stuck-with-message-waitingfornoderef/44222/3 "2024-10-04T06:25:20Z")

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Sorry, I explain bad. I mean Rancher uses vSphere cloud provider to deploy RKE2 nodes in VMware.

I am using “Default RKE2 Embedded” CPI. At the beginning, I used vSphere CSI/CPI, but later I migrate to longhorn for PV and I modified the cluster to use the Default RKE2 CPI provider [following your recommendations](https://forums.suse.com/t/remove-rke2-cloud-provider/43307/6).

It seems to be something wrong with the cluster, because new nodes are not deployed:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/6/623e00e79777bb31c328e29a29a59b0830a3eeed.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/1/1fd3f5615032d5711312f03ca3a3b1bcbbf66cbe.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/9/9205d326463c556ddde8cba66beb4a30b0c55cc8.png)

Could I check some logs or Could I do some checks to know what is wrong?

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