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OVA Deployment failures with vSphere 6.5

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OVA Deployment issues with vSphere 6.5 Ran into this lovely little problem when I was attempting to deploy an OVA file to my lab using the WebConsole. This happened both with Chrome and MS Edge: Now, I know what you're thinking: "Did you follow the link? Did you install the certificates?" The answer is "YES!". Installed the certificates from the vCenter host and even one of the ESXi hosts. Even closed and re-opened my browser windows as well as rebooting the vCenter host. No Joy! After searching for various combinations of errors I finally stumbled upon the vSphere 6.5 Release notes: http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/vsphere/65/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-65-release-notes.html Digging through this I came across these two messages: ==================================================================== Deploying an OVF or OVA template from a local file with delta disks in the vSphere Web Client might fail When you deploy an OVF t