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Download size unknown in OVF deployment wizard

Hi,

I am deploying a VM using OVF template in vCenter [vSphere Client version 6.5.0.13000]. The OVF and VMDK(~12GB) are on my local machine. I have a couple of queries in the OVF deployment wizard:

  1. What does Download Size mean?

     a. Is it the VMDK size? But then why is VMDK size populated?

     b. Is it download size over the network if I provide an OVF URL instead of selecting a local file?  [Tried that too. still, it is Unknown]

     c. Is it because the VMDK size is too large and there is some sort of internal timeout to compute and fetch the size of the VMDK from the browser? [Tried a smaller VMDK though, still, it was Unknown]

     2. Why is thin provision size not known prior to installation? Thick provision is known from the OVF file configuration itself. It is too early to say anything about how much size it will actually take?

Please spread some light on this.

Attaching a screenshot for reference. Please let me know if any more information is needed.

postOnlineOvf.png

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