diff --git a/electron/app/js/kubectlUtils.js b/electron/app/js/kubectlUtils.js
index c0464a7b9..f7a41410b 100644
--- a/electron/app/js/kubectlUtils.js
+++ b/electron/app/js/kubectlUtils.js
@@ -843,8 +843,8 @@ async function verifyVerrazzanoPlatformOperatorRollout(kubectlExe, options) {
   });
 }
 
-async function getVerrazzanoInstallationObject(kubectlExe, kubectlOptions, vzInstallName) {
-  const getArgs = [ 'get', 'Verrazzano', vzInstallName, '--output=json' ];
+async function getVerrazzanoInstallationObject(kubectlExe, kubectlOptions) {
+  const getArgs = [ 'get', 'Verrazzano', '--output=json' ];
   const httpsProxyUrl = getHttpsProxyUrl();
   const bypassProxyHosts = getBypassProxyHosts();
 
@@ -856,8 +856,12 @@ async function getVerrazzanoInstallationObject(kubectlExe, kubectlOptions, vzIns
 
   return new Promise(resolve => {
     executeFileCommand(kubectlExe, getArgs, env).then(vzJson => {
-      result.isSuccess = true;
-      result.payload = JSON.parse(vzJson);
+      const vzObjectList = JSON.parse(vzJson).items;
+      if (vzObjectList.length > 0) {
+        const vzObject = vzObjectList[0];
+        result.isSuccess = true;
+        result.payload = vzObject;
+      }
       resolve(result);
     }).catch(err => {
       result.reason = getErrorMessage(err);
diff --git a/electron/app/js/vzInstaller.js b/electron/app/js/vzInstaller.js
index 52de097c1..c8f25f70a 100644
--- a/electron/app/js/vzInstaller.js
+++ b/electron/app/js/vzInstaller.js
@@ -79,19 +79,41 @@ async function verifyVerrazzanoInstallStatus(kubectlExe, k8sOptions, vzOptions)
   };
 
   return new Promise(resolve => {
-    kubectlUtils.getVerrazzanoInstallationObject(kubectlExe, k8sOptions, vzOptions.name).then(result => {
+    kubectlUtils.getVerrazzanoInstallationObject(kubectlExe, k8sOptions).then(result => {
       if (!result.isSuccess) {
         status.isSuccess = false;
-        status.reason = i18n.t('vz-installer-check-install-status-failed-error-message', { name: vzOptions.name, error: result.reason });
+
+        // Two possible cases:
+        //     1. Verrazzano CRD is not installed
+        //     2. Some lower-level error in finding the Verrazzano object
+        //
+        if (_isVerrazzanoDefinitionNotFound(result.reason)) {
+          status.reason = i18n.t('vz-installer-check-install-status-no-resource-error-message');
+        } else {
+          status.reason = i18n.t('vz-installer-check-install-status-failed-error-message', { name: vzOptions.name, error: result.reason });
+        }
       } else {
+        // Two possible scenarios:
+        //    1. Verrazzano installed but under a different name (this is a failure condition).
+        //    2. Verrazzano installed with the same name.
+        //
+        const vzObject = result.payload;
         _getStatusFromConditions(result.payload, status);
+        if (vzOptions.name !== vzObject.metadata?.name) {
+          status.isSuccess = false;
+          status.reason = i18n.t('vz-installer-check-install-status-mismatched-names-error-message',
+            { name: vzObject.metadata?.name, version: status.version });
+        }
       }
-
       resolve(status);
     });
   });
 }
 
+function _isVerrazzanoDefinitionNotFound(vzErrorMessage) {
+  return vzErrorMessage.includes('server doesn\'t have a resource type "verrazzano"');
+}
+
 function _getStatusFromConditions(vzObject, status) {
   const version = vzObject.status?.version;
   const conditions = vzObject.status?.conditions || [];
diff --git a/electron/app/locales/en/electron.json b/electron/app/locales/en/electron.json
index a95a9e66b..7aeb77f7c 100644
--- a/electron/app/locales/en/electron.json
+++ b/electron/app/locales/en/electron.json
@@ -403,7 +403,9 @@
   "project-save-model-files-error-message": "Failed to save one of the WebLogic Deploy Tooling model files associated with the project: {{error}}",
 
   "vz-installer-operator-not-ready-error-message": "Cannot proceed with Verrazzano installation because the Verrazzano Platform Operator is not ready: {{error}}",
+  "vz-installer-check-install-status-no-resource-error-message": "No Verrazzano installation exists",
   "vz-installer-check-install-status-failed-error-message": "Cannot proceed with Verrazzano install status check for {{name}} because of an error: {{error}}",
+  "vz-installer-check-install-status-mismatched-names-error-message": "Verrazzano {{version}} is installed under the name {{name}}",
 
   "wrc-home-error-title": "Invalid WebLogic Remote Console Location",
   "wrc-init-error-title": "Initializing WebLogic Remote Console Backend Failed",