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title: "Failed to deploy OVF package – quick error fix"
date: "2016-03-11T08:00:49Z"
tags: ["NSX", "OVF"]
categories: ["VMware"]
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In this post **Failed to deploy OVF package - quick error fix** I will show you what can cause this error and what steps have to be taken in oder to fix it.
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As I am preparing myself to VCP6-NV exam and I wanted to deploy NSX in my home lab. After downloading NSX binaries naturally I wanted to deploy OVF package. I tried it several times (vSS, vDS) and it was still not working. Below is the error I got.

## Issue

![Failed to deploy OVF package - quick error fix - 1][2]

## Cause

The cause was very simple. When I wanted to deploy OVF package ESXi hostname was not resolvable.

## Solution

Quick fix is to simply add entries in hosts file on my Windows PC. After  changing hosts file OVF package (in my case NSX Manager) was successfully deployed.

![Failed to deploy OVF package - quick error fix - 2][3]

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[2]: /images/uploads/2016/03/failed-to-deploy-ovf-package-quick-error-fix-1.webp
[3]: /images/uploads/2016/03/failed-to-deploy-ovf-package-quick-error-fix-2.webp