Issue during OVF template deployment (ESXI 5.5)

[ganesh_patwardh]

Hi,

     I created a VM with default settings and exported OVF template out of it and deployed new VM with this template. Every thing works fine.

     But if I change some of the CPU and other options in my VM and create OVF template.. creation works fine but this template refuses to deploy properly.

     These are the change I did in VM settings, not sure which change is causing the issue.

      cores per socket :4 , 

       cpu reservation : 2.4GHz*4, 

       HT: None,

       CPU/MMU virtualization : Hardware CPU and MMU , 

        Low Latency: High, 

        SMBIOS.reflectHost = TRUE

I found below lines in OVF file generated with above change , these could be causing the issue

<vmw:CpuCompatibilitySection>

      <Info>CPU compatibility constraints</Info>

      <vmw:Level vmw:level="-2147483647"/>

      <vmw:Level vmw:level="-2147483647" vmw:vendor="amd"/>

    </vmw:CpuCompatibilitySection>

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<rasd:Reservation>9576</rasd:Reservation>

        <rasd:ResourceType>3</rasd:ResourceType>

        <rasd:VirtualQuantity>4</rasd:VirtualQuantity>

        <vmw:CoresPerSocket ovf:required="false">4</vmw:CoresPerSocket>

Please help me to understand what could have went wrong!!  (If I delete these lines in ovf file then deployment works fine)

[ganesh_patwardh · Accepted solution]

Looks like a bug.. reference  to AMD is added when  "Advanced" option is just clicked and no change is done  (for CPU mask).

This causes compatibility issue during ovf template deployment.