Symptoms:
Unable to clone a VM template with spaces in the name to content library.
Error :
Task Name : Clone to OVF package in content library from Virtual Machine or Virtual Appliance
Status: Failed to export OVF package
Log Snippets:
Cls.log
2020-11-24T19:29:56.173Z | ERROR | khw3favq-956-auto-qm-h5:70000543-9e-4b | cls-simple-activity-6 | ExportSessionActivity | OVF export session ########-####-####-####-########6fed f
ailed with server error.
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.InternalServerError: InternalServerError (com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.internal_server_error) => {
messages = [LocalizableMessage (com.vmware.vapi.std.localizable_message) => {
id = vapi.bindings.method.impl.unexpected,
defaultMessage = Provider method implementation threw unexpected exception: Illegal character in path at index 3: New Virtual Machine space test.cert,
args = [Illegal character in path at index 3: New Virtual Machine space test.cert]
}],