fix: diff between creation and import state

vsphere/internal/virtualdevice/virtual_machine_disk_subresource.go

@@ -1234,14 +1234,25 @@ func DiskImportOperation(d *schema.ResourceData, l object.VirtualDeviceList) err
 		// the device address.
 		m["key"] = (i + 1) * -1
 		m["device_address"] = addr
-		// Assign a computed label. This label *needs* be the label this disk is
-		// assigned in config, or you risk service interruptions or data corruption.
-		m["label"] = fmt.Sprintf("disk%d", i)
+		// Assign disk label coming from the configuration
+		// If there is no info about the label - assign computed label
+		deviceLabel := ""
+		deviceDescription := device.GetVirtualDevice().DeviceInfo.GetDescription()
+		if deviceDescription != nil {
+			deviceLabel = deviceDescription.Label
+		}
+		keepAfterRemove := false
+		if len(deviceLabel) > 0 {
+			m["label"] = deviceLabel
+		} else {
+			keepAfterRemove = true
+			m["label"] = fmt.Sprintf("disk%d", i)
+		}
 		// Set keep_on_remove to ensure that if labels are assigned incorrectly,
 		// all that happens is that the disk is removed. The comments above
 		// regarding the risk of incorrect label assignment are still true, but
 		// this greatly reduces the risk of data loss.
-		m["keep_on_remove"] = true
+		m["keep_on_remove"] = keepAfterRemove
 
 		curSet = append(curSet, m)
 	}

vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine.go

@@ -493,6 +493,26 @@ func resourceVSphereVirtualMachineRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 	_ = d.Set("datastore_id", ds.Reference().Value)
 	_ = d.Set("vmx_path", dp.Path)
 
+	isImported := d.Get("imported").(bool)
+	if isImported {
+		dsProps, err := datastore.Properties(ds)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("could not read properties for datastore: %s", ds.Name())
+		}
+		if dsProps.Parent.Type == "StoragePod" {
+			cluster, err := storagepod.FromID(client, dsProps.Parent.Value)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("could not read managed object reference (datastore cluster): %s", err)
+			}
+
+			if cluster == nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("could not read managed object reference (datastore cluster): %s", dsProps.Parent.Value)
+			}
+
+			d.Set("datastore_cluster_id", cluster.Reference().Value)
+		}
+
+	}
 	// Read general VM config info
 	if err := flattenVirtualMachineConfigInfo(d, vprops.Config, client); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error reading virtual machine configuration: %s", err)

vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine_test.go

@@ -2399,6 +2399,7 @@ func TestAccResourceVSphereVirtualMachine_cloneImport(t *testing.T) {
 					"clone",
 					"cdrom",
 					"wait_for_guest_net_timeout",
+					"sata_controller_count",
 				},
 				ImportStateIdFunc: func(s *terraform.State) (string, error) {
 					vm, err := testGetVirtualMachine(s, "vm")