I frequently deploy and re-deploy VMware Virtual Appliances (OVA), which I fully automate using OVFTool from my macOS x86 system. Recently, I noticed that deployments would consistently fail roughly 3 out of 5 times with a generic error message like the following: Deploying VCF Installer sddcm02 … Opening OVA source: /Volumes/Storage/Software/VCF910/PROD/COMP/SDDC_MANAGER_VCF/VCF-SDDC-Manager-Appliance-9.1.0.0.25371088.ova The manifest does not […]
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