HI,
I'm trying to create an OVF using ovftool 3.0.1. When I issue the ovftool command from the command line I get:
Error: cURL error: Couldn't connect to server
Completed with errors
I used the following command:
/usr/bin/ovftool vi://username:password@XX.XX.XX.XX/datacenter/vm/folder/vmname /destination
I can issue the command as above without the vmname to see if I can access Vsphere and to make sure I have a valid source locator. The command is successful and returns a list of VMs I can use. When I add the VM name to the source locator path, I get the above error. The VM is pysically about 14GB in size (that is the space alloacted).
I can use the same command to another Vpshere server and I'm successful in creating the OVF. Which leads me to think that it might be a configuration issue with this Vsphere server?
What sorts of issues can lead to the above error?
Thanks,
Fernando
I got the same problem with you.
The problem was my password hasd special characters.
After changed the password it's work fine.
Hi,
I find out another workaround. I read the manual and find a solution:
"When you use URIs as locators, you must escape special characters using % followed by their ASCII hex value.
For instance, if you use a "@" in your password, it must be escaped with %40 as in vi://foo:b%40r@hostname,
and a slash in a Windows domain name (\) can be specified as %5c."
Stefan
I'm having the same problem, I don't use any special characters. Any ideas?
make sure the VM does not have the CDROM is not using an ISO file
No CDROm, no ISO, no special charecters. Have same problem running ovftool in a windows server 2019. 433, 80 e 9089 ports added to firewall excptions. Tested in windows 10 and 11 and works fine. Just windows server 2019 that I got this weird behavour.