Failed to transfer file [disk-0.vmdk] to host [esxi-01.lab.local] (response code:500)

[Ryno]

Hi folks,

Running into a challange importing an OVF using OVFTool (4.4.0 P01) into vCenter/vSphere 6.7 U3. The files are from vSphere 6.5. The command we used is:

ovftool.exe --noSSLVerify --skipManifestCheck --disableVerification --X:logLevel=verbose --X:logFile=WIN_ovftool.log --X:injectOvfEnv --datastore=vsanDatastore --net:"workloadnetA=workloadnet" --net:"bacnkupnetA=backupnet" "C:\EXAMPLEVM01\EXAMPLEVM01.ovf" "vi://administrator@vsphere.local:password@vcenter.lab.local:443/my_dc/host/my_cluster"

2021-04-08T07:18:20.693-04:00 verbose OVFTool[04628] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] ResourceLoop<3>: uploadFiles:upload mapping:[disk-0.vmdk, /EXAMPLEVM01/ParaVirtualSCSIController0:0, 0], convert:false, progress:0
2021-04-08T07:18:20.693-04:00 verbose OVFTool[04628] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] ResourceLoop<3>: uploadFiles:upload mapping:[disk-1.vmdk, /EXAMPLEVM01/ParaVirtualSCSIController0:1, 0], convert:false, progress:0
2021-04-08T07:18:20.693-04:00 verbose OVFTool[04628] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] ResourceLoop<3>: uploadFiles:upload mapping:[disk-2.vmdk, /EXAMPLEVM01/ParaVirtualSCSIController0:2, 0], convert:false, progress:0
2021-04-08T07:18:20.693-04:00 verbose OVFTool[04628] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Loading thread, numThreadsQueued: 0, _threadCount: 1
2021-04-08T07:18:20.693-04:00 verbose OVFTool[04628] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Wait for complete, numThreadsQueued: 0
2021-04-08T07:18:20.693-04:00 verbose OVFTool[05512] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] OvfPackageSourceBase getting file source
2021-04-08T07:18:20.693-04:00 verbose OVFTool[05512] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Upload disk do no convert
2021-04-08T07:18:20.693-04:00 verbose OVFTool[05512] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Parsing URL...
2021-04-08T07:18:20.693-04:00 verbose OVFTool[05512] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] HttpWriterFactory web request : https://esxi-01.lab.local/nfc/523a0c74-09a5-5229-4e21-d4e49400e49b/disk-0.vmdk
2021-04-08T07:18:20.693-04:00 verbose OVFTool[05512] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Initializing new curl session
2021-04-08T07:18:20.693-04:00 warning OVFTool[05512] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] No Proxy Certificate specified.
2021-04-08T07:28:17.026-04:00 verbose OVFTool[03840] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Keeping VI session alive
2021-04-08T07:38:17.078-04:00 verbose OVFTool[05976] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Keeping VI session alive
2021-04-08T07:48:17.121-04:00 verbose OVFTool[04840] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Keeping VI session alive
2021-04-08T07:58:17.162-04:00 verbose OVFTool[03436] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Keeping VI session alive
2021-04-08T07:59:26.341-04:00 verbose OVFTool[05512] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Closing image source and targets
2021-04-08T07:59:26.341-04:00 verbose OVFTool[05512] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Erasing open readers for disk-0.vmdk
2021-04-08T07:59:26.372-04:00 verbose OVFTool[05512] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Filename:disk-0.vmdk, Host:esxi-01.lab.local
2021-04-08T07:59:26.372-04:00 verbose OVFTool[05512] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Bad return code from POST request: 500
2021-04-08T07:59:26.388-04:00 error OVFTool[05512] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Error closing image-target
2021-04-08T07:59:26.388-04:00 verbose OVFTool[04628] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Exception thrown: class boost::exception_detail::clone_impl<struct boost::exception_detail::error_info_injector<class OvfToolException> >(Failed to transfer file [disk-0.vmdk] to host [esxi-01.lab.local] (response code:500))

The OVF includes 3 large vmdk's:

• disk-0.vmdk (63GB)
• disk-1.vmdk (63GB)
• disk-2.vmdk (26GB)

Would love to know if I am doing something wrong here or if I am running into a bug.