"Timed-out waiting for server" error when exporting a large vApp in vCD 9.7

[PeterRizk]

When exporting a large vApp (over 200GB) in vCD 9.7, the export process start and everything is going smoothly then towards the end I get this message:

"Timed-out waiting for server". See the attached screen shot.

Any ideas on how to extend the wait time so vCD doesn't encounter this error?

Thanks.

[DjinjiRinji]

The best you can do is use OVFtool to download and upload large files using extra configuration values

Some of them are:

  --X:connectionFileTransferRetryCount: Specifies how many times up/downloads

  --X:connectionReconnectCount        : Specifies how many times a reconnect

  --X:connectionReconnectDelay        : Specifies the delay in milliseconds

  --X:connectionRetryCount            : Specifies how many times up/downloads

  --X:logFile                         : Log internal events to given log file.

  --X:logLevel                        : Log level (none, quiet, panic, error,

                                        warning, info, verbose, trivia).

  --X:progressSmoothing               : Estimate download damping interval.

  --X:vCloudKeepAliveTimeout          : Specify the vCloud connection keep

  --X:vCloudTimeout                   : vCloud server timeout defined in

                                        seconds. Default is 60 seconds (

                                        --X:vCloudTimeout=60).

Your command will be similar to

ovftool.exe --X:progressSmoothing=10 --X:vCloudTimeout=60000 --X:vCloudKeepAliveTimeout=60000 --X:

logFile=0ovf.log --X:logLevel=info  "source-vApp" "target-file"

Regards

Guillermo Ramallo

bakingclouds.com