TCA 3.2 appliance migration fails while trying to deploy OVF template
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Issue/Introduction
While using tcamigctl deploy command, attempting to use a password stored within the tca_migration.json file, encounters a failure during decryption.
$ tcamigctl deploy /migrationVolume/tca_migration.jsonPassphrase is used to encrypt/decrypt passwords stored in the file.Enter Passphrase:Validating input file...Validation configuration for appliance: tca1.example.com...Validation configuration for appliance: tca2.example.com...Validation configuration for appliance: tca3.example.com...Validation configuration for appliance: tca4.example.com...Validation configuration for appliance: tca5.example.com...Validation configuration for appliance: tca6.example.com...
Started deploy operation (pid: 806). Watch the progress using '/migration/tcamigctl status /migrationVolume/tca_migration.json -w' or check the log file '/migrationVolume/logs/migration.log'.
$ /migration/tcamigctl status /migrationVolume/tca_migration.json.json -w Appliance Migration Progress Appliance Migration ProgressLast Triggered Operation: 'deploy' (PID: 806, Input File: /migrationVolume/tca_migration.json), Status: Failed
Environment
3.2
Cause
OVFTool is used to upload the templates to the vCenter. OVFTool version used in airgap struggles while decrypting complex passwords
For example, the password #/MySuperSecretPassword\# which contains forward slashes, backslashes, and number signs, can be problematic. By using URL encoding, these characters are converted as follows:
#becomes%23/becomes%2F\becomes%5C
This results in the encoded password string: %23%2FMySuperSecretPassword%5C%23
Resolution
Manually uploading the TCA template from vCenter and then use the Airgap's tcamigctl tool to deploy the TCA VMs.
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