Using vSphere 6.5 I attempted to upload several files to content libraries and found that files <4GB work OK (e.g. RHEL 7.3 install ISO that is 3.53GB), but files that are >4GB (e.g. Windows Server 2012 R2 install ISO that is 4.22GB or Windows Server 2016 install that is 4.95GB) start to transfer but fail after transferring 4GB with a "General System Error" - see attached screenshot. I figured out how much was transferred by the % shown on the transfer progress bar, since the partially transferred file is automatically deleted by vCenter after the failure.
This is reproducible across 2 different vCenter 6.5 servers and across multiple ISO & OVF files. Files are coming from local disk on the Windows Server 2012 R2-based vCenter server via Browse and the destination is its local datastore.
The error message implies certificate issues, but I believe that certificates are correctly installed. And if it were certificate issues, why would the RHEL ISO (<4GB) upload work OK.
I have been pulling my hair out for several days over this. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Phil
Are you using Internet Explorer for the uploads? IE has a 4GB limit for uploads (see File Upload and Download Limits).
Please see whether you can successfully upload large files using another browser.
André
Are you using Internet Explorer for the uploads? IE has a 4GB limit for uploads (see File Upload and Download Limits).
Please see whether you can successfully upload large files using another browser.
André
Thanks André.
That worked. I used the current version of FireFox with the current Java plugin & now everything works fine. It would have been nice if the VMware documentation had mentioned that. 🙂
Content Library operations do seem a little flaky though - long delays & the progress bar doesn't update during the uploads, but suddenly does
Phil
Amazing that even two years later this is still occurring. I experienced the same problem attempting to upload a large (> 4GB) iso file to our VMware 6.7u2 content library using Microsoft Edge browser. I ended up having to use Google Chrome in order to get it to upload successfully. Thanks for the post.