Failed to import vSphere Kubernetes release ova to content library with error "Pipe closed"

Products

• VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Issue/Introduction

• Task of importing vSphere Kubernetes release (VKR) ova to Content Library is failed:
  
  A general system error occurred: The import of library item <id> has failed. Reason: Error transferring file <ova-name>-disk1.vmdk to ds:///vmfs/volumes/<datastore-id>//contentlib-<id>/<id>/<ova-name>-disk1_<id>.vmdk?serverId=<id>. Reason: IO error during transfer of ds:///vmfs/volumes/<datastore-id>//contentlib-<id>/<id>/<ova-name>-disk1_<id>.vmdk?serverId=<id>: Pipe closed.
  
  
• The /var/log/vmware/content-library/cls.log of vCenter Server has below similar messages:
  
  <YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS>.423Z | ERROR    | mpy5utee-67417-auto-1g1g-h5:70014064-b7 | transferService-pool-7-thread-40 | TransferItemImpl | Session <session-id>, Item <ova-name>-disk1.vmdk: Exception during transfer: Pipe closed
java.io.IOException: Pipe closed
  
  
• The /var/run/log/hostd.log of ESXi host has below similar messages:
  
  <YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS>.704Z In(166) Hostd[1049815]: [Originator@6876 sub=Libs opID=<ipID>] [NFC INFO]NfcFile_ContinueReceive: reached EOF
<YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS>.769Z In(166) Hostd[1049810]: [Originator@6876 sub=Libs opID=<ipID>] [NFC INFO]NfcProcessSessionCompleteMsg: Received NFC_SESSION_COMPLETE, terminating NFC session.
<YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS>.769Z In(166) Hostd[1049810]: [Originator@6876 sub=Nfcsvc opID=<ipID>] Session is closing

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 8.0.x

Resolution

This is a known issue and will be fixed in future release. To workaround the issue:

1. SSH to vCenter Server.
2. Restart lookupsvc service:
   
   service-control --stop lookupsvc
service-control --start lookupsvc
   
   
3. Import OVA to Content Library again.