Hi,
I have tried for several days now to export a VM from ESXI 6.5 server both by using OVFtool and from web browser.
The export fails at about 12% when using ovftool and i have attached the ovftool log.
For browser export it fails and the error message displayed is "Failed - Network error"
Any ideas for why the export fails?
2020-09-29T22:48:10.704+02:00 verbose OVFTool[06784] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Initializing new curl session
2020-09-29T22:48:10.727+02:00 warning OVFTool[06784] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] No Proxy Certificate specified.
2020-09-29T22:48:10.727+02:00 verbose OVFTool[06784] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] WebRequest set basic http authorization, username : root
2020-09-29T22:48:10.803+02:00 verbose OVFTool[06784] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Upload disk do convert
2020-09-29T22:48:10.818+02:00 verbose OVFTool[06784] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Opening disk target SERVER-disk1.vmdk
2020-09-29T22:58:09.720+02:00 verbose OVFTool[01620] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Keeping VI session alive
2020-09-29T22:58:10.445+02:00 verbose OVFTool[03972] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Keeping VI session alive
2020-09-29T23:03:14.343+02:00 verbose OVFTool[13268] [Originator@6876 sub=HttpConnectionPool-000000] [RemoveConnection] Connection removed; cnx: <SSL(<io_obj p:0x000001b134b6d348, h:-1, <TCP '192.168.254.6 : 54801'>, <TCP '192.168.1.80 : 443'> FD Closed>)>; pooled: 5
2020-09-29T23:03:14.344+02:00 verbose OVFTool[01696] [Originator@6876 sub=HttpConnectionPool-000000] [RemoveConnection] Connection removed; cnx: <SSL(<io_obj p:0x000001b134b6e9d8, h:-1, <TCP '192.168.254.6 : 54799'>, <TCP '192.168.1.80 : 443'> FD Closed>)>; pooled: 4
2020-09-29T23:03:14.344+02:00 verbose OVFTool[24172] [Originator@6876 sub=HttpConnectionPool-000000] [RemoveConnection] Connection removed; cnx: <SSL(<io_obj p:0x000001b134b6e188, h:-1, <TCP '192.168.254.6 : 54796'>, <TCP '192.168.1.80 : 443'> FD Closed>)>; pooled: 3
2020-09-29T23:03:14.344+02:00 verbose OVFTool[01620] [Originator@6876 sub=HttpConnectionPool-000000] [RemoveConnection] Connection removed; cnx: <SSL(<io_obj p:0x000001b134b6eb08, h:-1, <TCP '192.168.254.6 : 54794'>, <TCP '192.168.1.80 : 443'> FD Closed>)>; pooled: 2
2020-09-29T23:08:09.730+02:00 verbose OVFTool[24164] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Keeping VI session alive
2020-09-29T23:08:10.441+02:00 verbose OVFTool[13268] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Keeping VI session alive
2020-09-29T23:18:09.730+02:00 verbose OVFTool[13268] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Keeping VI session alive
2020-09-29T23:18:10.441+02:00 verbose OVFTool[21168] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Keeping VI session alive
2020-09-29T23:28:09.765+02:00 verbose OVFTool[03972] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Keeping VI session alive
2020-09-29T23:28:10.479+02:00 verbose OVFTool[24172] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Keeping VI session alive
2020-09-29T23:38:09.778+02:00 verbose OVFTool[24248] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Keeping VI session alive
2020-09-29T23:38:10.482+02:00 verbose OVFTool[27504] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Keeping VI session alive
2020-09-29T23:40:19.550+02:00 verbose OVFTool[16464] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Curl_perform error code 18 (Transferred a partial file)
2020-09-29T23:40:19.550+02:00 error OVFTool[06784] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Error on read, error: -1
2020-09-29T23:40:19.550+02:00 verbose OVFTool[16464] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Curl session torn down
2020-09-29T23:40:19.562+02:00 verbose OVFTool[08124] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Exception thrown: class boost::exception_detail::clone_impl<struct boost::exception_detail::error_info_injector<class OvfToolException> >(Execution aborted)
2020-09-29T23:40:19.626+02:00 verbose OVFTool[08124] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Backtrace:
--> [backtrace begin] product: VMware Workstation, version: e.x.p, build: build-15722219, tag: OVFTool, cpu: x86_64, os: windows, buildType: release
--> backtrace[00] vmacore.dll[0x00213F83]
--> backtrace[01] vmacore.dll[0x000648D0]
--> backtrace[02] vmacore.dll[0x0005F3C6]
--> backtrace[03] vmacore.dll[0x00025B46]
--> backtrace[04] ovftool.exe[0x000A8757]
--> backtrace[05] ovftool.exe[0x00084567]
--> backtrace[06] ovftool.exe[0x00054B76]
--> backtrace[07] ovftool.exe[0x00051709]
--> backtrace[08] ovftool.exe[0x000536B5]
--> backtrace[09] ovftool.exe[0x000551D4]
--> backtrace[10] ovftool.exe[0x000C1E3E]
--> backtrace[11] ovftool.exe[0x000C2821]
--> backtrace[12] ovftool.exe[0x00377FB8]
--> backtrace[13] KERNEL32.DLL[0x00014034]
--> backtrace[14] ntdll.dll[0x00073691]
--> [backtrace end]
2020-09-29T23:40:19.626+02:00 verbose OVFTool[08124] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Erasing open readers for https://192.168.1.80:443/ha-nfc/52f1ed52-3ad2-1236-26ff-e63cda903ebc/SERVER-0.vmdk
2020-09-29T23:40:19.630+02:00 verbose OVFTool[08124] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [Vi4Source] HttpNfcLease->Abort() is called.
2020-09-29T23:40:19.666+02:00 verbose OVFTool[08124] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Closing writer. Locator: SERVER-disk1.vmdk (Written bytes: 17547994624)
2020-09-29T23:40:19.666+02:00 verbose OVFTool[08124] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Openwriter: SERVER-disk1.vmdk
2020-09-29T23:40:19.666+02:00 verbose OVFTool[08124] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Deleting file: c:\temp\SERVER\2909\SERVER\SERVER-disk1.vmdk
2020-09-29T23:40:24.085+02:00 verbose OVFTool[08124] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Delete file result: true
2020-09-29T23:40:24.250+02:00 verbose OVFTool[08124] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Destruction of ViSource
Are you using vCenter?
Have you accepted ESXi host certificate?
Have you tried exporting the VM to ovf directly from the ESXi host?
Hi,
Hi,
Thank's for the quick reply.
I'm not using vCenter, i tried to export directly from ESXi host web interface and with ovftool.
Not sure what you mean regarding certificate, can you explain that more?
ESXi hosts have SSL certificates to use HTTPS traffic.
By default, those certificates are self-signed, which means computer's trust stores do not recognize them as "secure" (it's a security mechanism)
What you need to do is to "Accept" the certificate (the clearest example is firefox in which you make a security exception for that certificate)
I don't know if that explanation was useful.