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LukasF
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"network copy failed for file" adding host to datacenter

hi all,

i've recently set up a esx-in-a-box and after various trials and tribulations, i seem to be getting onto the right track. i followed the white papers on xtravirt.com in regards to installing esx 3.5 on workstation 6.

when i try and add my esx host to the datacenter in VI Client, i get an error "Network copy failed for file. C:\program files\VMware\infrastructure\VirtualCenter Server\upgrade\vpx-upgrade-esx-7-linux-64192.sig". the file is there in the location, but i guess that its having trouble copying it to somewhere. where is it copying to?

can anybody shed any light on this problem i'm experiencing, and known resolution? many thanks

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Gerrit_Lehr
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Please have a look at this thread:

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/126900

Kind Regards,

Gerrit Lehr

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LukasF
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i had a look at that threat you posted, thanks Gerrit, it did give me some insight. i'm not running VC in a VM, however, i am running it on the physical box, and running esx within a VM on workstation 6.

i was able to ping to and from both VC and ESX (using the command line) and also, as i'm not using a DNS server, have edited the hosts files on both accordingly.

is there anything else possible to try?

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Datto
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Try shutting off the firewall on the ESX host with the command service firewall stop within the Service Console. Then retry your work.

Datto

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LukasF
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i tried shutting off the firewall, retried and ended up getting the same error! prior to this, i had also allowed both incoming and outgoing ports on esx host

any other suggestions? can i manually copy the files over, and if so, where do i copy them to? (i looked in the other post, and it doesnt state where to copy them to)

thanks

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