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xrcd
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Extracting OVA, this could take some time ...

Trying to migrate a VM from Citrix XenServer 6.5 to ESXI 6.5.  I exported it from XenServer, copied the .ova to a temporary VM on the target server and tried to import it from there. I ran the ESXi webclient in the VM and started the import, but after 4 hours it's still going "Extracting OVA, this could take some time ..."

There's a little animation I guess is supposed to calm the user that the import is ongoing, but I don't see any space being used in the datastore so I'm really not convinced.

Isn't there a log somewhere that could shine some light on the import progress, and/or inform of any problems encountered?

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conyards
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The following links to a list of log locations for ESXi 6.5, ESXi Log File Locations.

I would suggest that you start by examining /var/log/vmkernel.log as that records activities related to virtual machines and ESXi.

Best of Luck

Simon

https://virtual-simon.co.uk/
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