I'm a vmware noob, and am having some trouble building my linux appliance. My goal is to build a linux server on my esxi box, export it to an ova, and distribute it for others to use. The problem is that everytime I deploy my vms, the import fails.
I'm running ESXi
Client version:
1.32.0
Client build number:
10692217
ESXi version:
6.5.0
ESXi build number:
8294253
My VM is a Centos 7 build that is thin provisioned.
I've built my server. I power it off, and I change the CD from Datastore ISO to host connected.
from here I've tried two things:
-Actions export
-C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>ovftool -dm=thin "vi://192.168.1.77/myapp" f:\myapp.ova
Both process seem to produce files as I'd expect.
Now, I "Deploy a virtual machine from an ovf or ova file" and drag and drop my files.
The files will upload in a reasonable amount of time and the GUI says it was successful. At the same time the "Import VApp" process runs for about 10 minutes until it says "failed - Operation timed out" At which point the vm I was importing vanishes from my inventory.
I've tried the export / import process separately on two different ESXi installs with the same issue. I'm sure it's something I'm doing wrong, but I don't know what it is.
I've rebuilt the vm 3 times from scratch, but the same import probably always comes back.