Versions:
ESXI: 7.0 Update 2 (build number 17867351)
VMware Workstation: 16.1.2 build-17966106
I exported a VM from QKVM (Qnap KVM) and been trying to import it into one of our ESXIs using vCenter, but to no avail. It imports successfully to a locally installed VMware Workstation, though.
The process I go through is (in vCenter, using Firefox): Right click on one of our ESXIs -> Deploy OVF Template -> I go through the wizard, I choose thin provisioning (it fails with Thick Provisioning all the same), I finish the wizard and the import tasks start just fine. But after a while they both fail.
Deploy OVF template task fails first around 60% with the following message: Operation timed out.
Import OVF package task goes for a little while after Deploy OVF template task fails but then it fails as well with the following message: Failed to deploy OVF package. ThrowableProxy.cause A general system error occurred: Transfer failed: Invalid response code: 500.
I also tried using ovftool to deploy the VM but it doesn't work either, below is cmd output:
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>ovftool -ds=datastore2-ea-i10-12 "D:\RPC\RPC.ovf" "vi://ab-a10-12.network.local/"
Opening OVF source: D:\RPC\RPC.ovf
The manifest validates
Enter login information for target vi://ab-a10-12.network.local/
Username: root
Password: ********************
Opening VI target: vi://root@ab-a10-12.network.local:443/
Deploying to VI: vi://root@ab-a10-12.network.local:443/
Transfer Failed
Error: Failed to transfer file [RPC-0.vmdk] to host [ab-a10-12.network.local] (response code:500)
Completed with errors
