That's how the logs look for me. The issue is with the ovftool:

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2018-12-12T08:00:32.966+01:00 trivia OVFTool[01168] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending SSL data of size 5

2018-12-12T08:00:32.966+01:00 trivia OVFTool[01168] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS alert, Client hello (1):

-->

2018-12-12T08:00:32.966+01:00 trivia OVFTool[01168] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending SSL data of size 2

2018-12-12T08:00:32.966+01:00 verbose OVFTool[03932] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Closing image source and targets

2018-12-12T08:00:32.966+01:00 verbose OVFTool[03932] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Bad return code from POST request: 404

2018-12-12T08:00:32.966+01:00 error OVFTool[03932] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Error closing image-target

2018-12-12T08:00:32.966+01:00 error OVFTool[03932] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Error: class boost::exception_detail::clone_impl<struct boost::exception_detail::error_info_injector<class OvfToolException> >(Bad response code (404) from POST request)

--> [context]zKq7AUsEAQAAAH9cjQAUT1ZGVG9vbAAAA5Yadm1hY29yZS5kbGwAAOlyBQALlQUAzRYCAUOiAW92ZnRvb2wuZXhlAAHI7gsBsIgKAYhUBQEPkwUBC4gFAch5BQH6lwUBZJsFAJakFwAnmRgAu4gbAl2qA3VjcnRiYXNlLkRMTAADyjMBa2VybmVsMzIuZGxsAATSngNudGRsbC5kbGwABKWeAw==[/context]

2018-12-12T08:00:32.966+01:00 verbose OVFTool[03932] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Connection error during upload

2018-12-12T08:00:32.966+01:00 verbose OVFTool[04156] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Connection error, sleep then retry (10 remaining)

2018-12-12T08:00:37.978+01:00 verbose OVFTool[04156] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Exception thrown: class boost::exception_detail::clone_impl<struct boost::exception_detail::error_info_injector<class OvfToolConnectionException> >(Failed to send http data)

--> [context]zKq7AUsEAQAAAH9cjQATT1ZGVG9vbAAAA5Yadm1hY29yZS5kbGwAAOlyBQALlQUAzRYCAeOeCW92ZnRvb2wuZXhlAAFTngkBqLsKAaiRBQELiAUByHkFAfqXBQFkmwUAlqQXACeZGAC7iBsCXaoDdWNydGJhc2UuRExMAAPKMwFrZXJuZWwzMi5kbGwABNKeA250ZGxsLmRsbAAEpZ4D[/context]

2018-12-12T08:00:37.978+01:00 verbose OVFTool[04156] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Backtrace:

--> [backtrace begin] product: VMware Workstation, version: e.x.p, build: build-9264255, tag: OVFTool, cpu: x86, os: windows, buildType: release

--> backtrace[00] vmacore.dll[0x001A9603]

--> backtrace[01] vmacore.dll[0x000572E9]

--> backtrace[02] vmacore.dll[0x0005950B]

--> backtrace[03] vmacore.dll[0x000216CD]

--> backtrace[04] ovftool.exe[0x00099EE3]

--> backtrace[05] ovftool.exe[0x00099E53]

--> backtrace[06] ovftool.exe[0x000ABBA8]

--> backtrace[07] ovftool.exe[0x000591A8]

--> backtrace[08] ovftool.exe[0x0005880B]

--> backtrace[09] ovftool.exe[0x000579C8]

--> backtrace[10] ovftool.exe[0x000597FA]

--> backtrace[11] ovftool.exe[0x00059B64]

--> backtrace[12] vmacore.dll[0x0017A496]

--> backtrace[13] vmacore.dll[0x00189927]

--> backtrace[14] vmacore.dll[0x001B88BB]

--> backtrace[15] ucrtbase.DLL[0x0003AA5D]

--> backtrace[16] kernel32.dll[0x000133CA]

--> backtrace[17] ntdll.dll[0x00039ED2]

--> backtrace[18] ntdll.dll[0x00039EA5]

--> [backtrace end]

2018-12-12T08:00:37.978+01:00 verbose OVFTool[04156] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [Vi4Target::Abort] started.

Anybody seen the same problem?

Thanks,

Robert