vCenter

We're using vCenter 6.7 and trying to deploy OVF template from remote site, template name contains spaces, so the URL in question is:

http://192.168.3.5/poxmaqwq 12.5.2.ovf

vCenter wont accept this, it doesnt accept enclosing it with double quotation:

"http://192.168.3.5/poxmaqwq 12.5.2.ovf"

it says the URL is not well formed, anyone knows a workaround to be able do this? without changing template name?

the problem is that template names are referred by other virtualization systems and used in other automated scripts that has been running for year so its difficult to simply rename and move spaces from +500 VM template .. any workarounds?

Hi,

Try using "vCenter Converter Standalone".

ARomeo

I have not done this myself yet, but it may be worth trying to replace the space character with a plus (+) sign or with %20
see https://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_urlencode.ASP for details

André