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ONTAP select deploy fails with “failed to obtain http lease for vmdk upload”

elic_co — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:26:06 GMT

Hey,

I’m trying to deploy ontap select 9.8 with evaluation license, 2-node small cluster for testing.

I’m using external storage, vmfs luns from a physical ontap appliance.

the deploy fails with the error “failed to obtain http lease for vmdk upload” and I could not find anything on the internet for that.

anyone familiar with issue?

btw vcenter and esx hosts are 6.5, I don’t remember the exact build number.

thanks in advance,

Re: ONTAP select deploy fails with “failed to obtain http lease for vmdk upload”

pedro_rocha — Tue, 04 May 2021 20:23:53 GMT

Hi,

I guess that ESXi version is important.

If 6.5 you should use one of these:

6.5 U2 (build 8294253 or greater)

Did you check that?

Regards,

Pedro

Re: ONTAP select deploy fails with “failed to obtain http lease for vmdk upload”

elic_co — Thu, 06 May 2021 15:42:48 GMT

Hey, I checked the version and it’s fine.

the ESXi host is 6.5 build 13004031.

Do you have another idea perhaps?

Re: ONTAP select deploy fails with “failed to obtain http lease for vmdk upload”

pedro_rocha — Thu, 06 May 2021 18:57:47 GMT

Sorry, I don't. If this is for a PoC or something like that, maybe your NetApp representative could check internally for this situation.

Re: ONTAP select deploy fails with “failed to obtain http lease for vmdk upload”

paul_stejskal — Wed, 12 May 2021 15:41:29 GMT

I'd open a case. Something seems wrong with the deployment.

Re: ONTAP select deploy fails with “failed to obtain http lease for vmdk upload”

ttran — Thu, 13 May 2021 09:39:00 GMT

Hello @elic_co,

The error "Failed to obtain HTTP lease for vmdk upload" can occur if the user account does not have Administrative privileges; in addition, the host needs to be added using the vCenter Administrative account.

Here is reference documentation detailing other requirements for deploying ONTAP Select:

Planning to use the Deploy vCenter plug-in

Regards,

Team NetApp