Deployment of customized OVA on vCenter 8.0 is missing IP address field under Networking section

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

When deploying an OVA template from the vCenter UI, the Customize Template page of the OVF Deploy Wizard does not show properties that have been marked as vmw:qualifiers="Ip" in the OVA file.

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 8.0.2
VMware vCenter Server 8.0.1

Cause

This is a regression in vCenter version 8.0U1 after a change made in one of the dependencies which is causing properties to be sent in a different format than before resulting in invalid checks.

Resolution

The issue has been resolved in VMware vCenter Server 8.0 U2.

Workaround:

To provide the IP properties after the deployment of the OVA is successful follow the below mentioned steps:

1. Go to Inventory -> Click on the name of the deployed Virtual Machine -> Click on Configure tab.

2. Select vApp Options from the side navigation under Settings

3. Select the property the user wants to set the value for.

4. Click on Set Value button at the top.

5. Enter the new value for the field.

6. Click OK.

7. The new value will be reflected in the property list.