Why migrating virtual machines to OpenShift virtualization is failing with error "Timed out connecting to server esxihost.example.com:902"?

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Issue

  • Migrating virtual machines to OpenShift Virtualization is failing and below error is logged in the virt-v2v pod:
nbdkit: vddk[1]: debug: CnxOpenTCPSocket: Timed out connecting to esxihost.example.com:902: Operation now in progress
nbdkit: vddk[1]: debug: Cnx_Connect: Error message: Failed to connect to server esxihost.example.com:902
nbdkit: vddk[1]: error: [NFC ERROR]NfcNewAuthdConnectionEx: Failed to connect: Failed to connect to server esxihost.example.com:902
nbdkit: vddk[1]: error: [NFC ERROR]NfcNewAuthdConnectionEx: Failed to connect to peer. Error: Failed to connect to server esxihost.example.com:902

Environment

  • OpenShift Virtualization 4.12, 4.13, 4.14.
  • Migration Toolkit for Virtualization (MTV) 2.5.

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