Uploading an ova/ovf to an orgvDC backed by NSX-T network fail with an error Failed creation

Products

• VMware Cloud Director
• VMware NSX Networking

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
- Org-VDC Backed by NSX-T based Networks
- All networks that are imported via NSX-T are marked as isolated so this is causing all ovf uploads to NSX-T org's to fail.
Error: Failed Creation


Error during content upload: Only direct vApp networks are allowed in Org VDC 


LogSnippet:

vcloud-container-info.log:

2020-07-01 14:34:15,459 | WARN     | task-service-activity-pool-390 | VAppUploadManagerImpl          | Transfer session: <SESSION_ID>. Error during content upload: Only direct vApp networks are allowed in Org VDC 'OVDC' | requestId=<TASK_UUID>,request=POST https://vcd-domain.local/api/vdc/<VDC_UUID>/action/instantiateOvf,requestTime=1593614051727,remoteAddress=<IP>:25046,userAgent=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (...,accept=application/*+xml;version 32.0 vcd=<VDC_UUID>,task=<TASK_UUID> activity=(com.vmware.vcloud.backendbase.management.system.TaskActivity,urn:uuid: <TASK_UUID>)

com.vmware.vcloud.api.presentation.service.BadRequestException: Only direct vApp networks are allowed in Org VDC 'OVDC'
        at com.vmware.ssdc.backend.services.impl.VAppManagerImpl.saveNetworkSection(VAppManagerImpl.java:2039)

Environment

VMware NSX-T
VMware Cloud Director for Service Provider 9.7.x

Cause

When deploying/uploading a vapp in an NSX-T backed org vdc, vCloud only support direct VApp networks in the vapp. Also, the validation for the vapp is currently the same during upload and deploy.

Resolution

This issue is fixed in vCloud Director version 10.0 with the addition of isolated vApp networks for NSX-T.

Workaround:

If upgrading to a recommended version is not an option, you may apply this workaround:

- Remove the network information from the OVF
- Create networks with the exact naming as in the OVF file in the tenant prior to on-boarding