I am trying to clone a Virtual Machine from one ESX Server to another; I am continually getting “Timeout” messages in Virtual Center:
Name:Clone Virtual Machine Target:WS2003(Template) Reason:Administrator Status:Operation timed out.
Related Events:
4/9/2007 9:23:37 AM, Failed to clone WS2003(Template); Operation timed out.
4/9/2007 8:04:26 AM, Cloning WS2003(Template) on host 10.250.48.104 in HBR to WS2003Test on host 10.250.48.106
Both of these servers are on the same subnet and physically right next to each other. When I view the Virtual Center Log I see the following below.
Virtual Center Log
\[2007-04-09 09:23:34.000 'App' 1348 error] \[VpxdVmprovUtil] Unexpected exception received during NfcCopy
\[2007-04-09 09:23:34.343 'App' 1348 error] \[clone] (WS2003(Template)) Unexpected exception (vim.fault.Timedout) during clone. Aborting.
\[2007-04-09 09:23:35.031 'App' 1348 warning] \[VpxdVmprovXaction] Timedout canceling task on host
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\[2007-04-09 09:23:37.375 'App' 1348 error] \[VpxdVmprov] Clone failed: vim.fault.Timedout
\[2007-04-09 09:23:37.500 'App' 1348 info] \[VpxLRO] -- FINISH task-1649 -- vm-1664 -- vim.VirtualMachine.clone
The ESX Servers are HP ML370 G4 and at Version 3.0.1, 32039. I am coping from local array to local array and not a shared SAN. Both Servers have Smart Array 641 Devices.
Any ideas of what I can look at or monitor? I seem to be able to Clone smaller Machines (5GB VMDK files) however anything larger seems to constantly timeout. The above machine had a 30GB VMDK and it does seem from the listing of the directory that is the file that was being copied over when it timed out.
total 31G
-rw------- 1 root root 30G Apr 9 09:43 WS2003Test-flat.vmdk
-rw-rr 1 root root 35K Apr 9 08:05 vmware-1.log
-rw-rr 1 root root 20K Apr 9 08:05 vmware-2.log
-rw-rr 1 root root 21K Apr 9 08:05 vmware-3.log
-rw-rr 1 root root 20K Apr 9 08:05 vmware-4.log
-rw-rr 1 root root 32K Apr 9 08:05 vmware.log
-rw------- 1 root root 8.5K Apr 9 08:05 WS2003Test.nvram
Thanks in Advance,
Rick