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Exporting Inventory Data using the "Export" feature in vCenter Server UI Client fails with "Export Data Failure" Error message after upgrading vCenter Server to 7.0 Update 3i (7.0.3.01100) UI will show following error message: UI Client log file (/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere_client_virgo.log) will show following error snippets: [2022-12-15T16:34:45.460Z] [ERROR] http-nio-5090-exec-10 70000196 100016 200003 net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fonts.SimpleFontExtensionHelper Error loading font family net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fonts.InvalidFontException: Error loading font "net/sf/jasperreports/fonts/icons/icons.ttf". at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fonts.SimpleFontFace.loadFont(SimpleFontFace.java:206) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fonts.SimpleFontFace.setTtf(SimpleFontFace.java:167) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fonts.SimpleFontExtensionHelper.parseFontFace(SimpleFontExtensionHelper.java:390) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fonts.SimpleFontExtensionHelper.parseFontFamily(SimpleFontExtensionHelper.java:311) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fonts.SimpleFontExtensionHelper.parseFontExtensions(SimpleFontExtensionHelper.java:259) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fonts.SimpleFontExtensionHelper.loadFontExtensions(SimpleFontExtensionHelper.java:230) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fonts.SimpleFontExtensionHelper.loadFontExtensions(SimpleFontExtensionHelper.java:187) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:750)Caused by: java.io.IOException: Problem reading font data. at java.awt.Font.createFont0(Font.java:1000) at java.awt.Font.createFont(Font.java:877) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fonts.SimpleFontFace.loadFont(SimpleFontFace.java:198)[2022-12-15T16:34:45.465Z] [ERROR] http-nio-5090-exec-10 70000196 100016 200003 net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.JRStyledTextParser Error while loading available fonts java.lang.NullPointerException: null at sun.awt.FcFontManager.getDefaultPlatformFont(FcFontManager.java:76) at sun.font.SunFontManager$2.run(SunFontManager.java:443) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at sun.font.SunFontManager.<init>(SunFontManager.java:386)[2022-12-15T16:34:45.467Z] [ERROR] http-nio-5090-exec-10 70000196 100016 200003 com.vmware.vise.data.mutation.impl.MutationServiceImpl MutationServiceImpl.add failed: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: null at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:750)Caused by: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: null at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRBaseFiller.<init>(JRBaseFiller.java:116) at com.vmware.vsphere.client.export.ExportFileMutationProvider.generateFile(ExportFileMutationProvider.java:129) at com.vmware.vsphere.client.export.ExportFileMutationProvider.add(ExportFileMutationProvider.java:79) ... 238 common frames omittedCaused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: null at sun.awt.FcFontManager.getDefaultPlatformFont(FcFontManager.java:76) at sun.font.SunFontManager$2.run(SunFontManager.java:443)
This issue is caused due to some missing Fonts on the vCenter Server Appliance 7.0 U3i (7.0.3.01100) build number 20845200.
This issue is resolved in vCenter Server 7.0 U3j, available at VMware Downloads.
As a workaround, inventory objects can be exported to CSV using PowerCLI CmdLets.Below are some examples:File paths and inventory object names should be updated to match your environment.Export all VMs in vCenterGet-VM | Select Name, NumCpu, MemoryGB, VMHost, PowerState, ProvisionedSpaceGB, UsedSpaceGB | Export-Csv -Path C:\export\VM_Inventory.csv -NoTypeInformationExport all ESXi hosts in vCenterGet-VMHost | Select Name, ConnectionState, PowerState, NumCpu, Version | Export-Csv C:\export\Host_Inventory.csv -NoTypeInformationExport all Datastores in vCenterGet-Datastore | Select Name, State, FreeSpaceGB, CapacityGB | Export-Csv C:\export\Dastore_Inventory.csv -NoTypeInformationExport all VMs in a specific clusterGet-Cluster -Name "CLUSTER_NAME" | Get-VM | Select Name, NumCpu, MemoryGB, VMHost, PowerState, ProvisionedSpaceGB, UsedSpaceGB | Export-Csv -Path C:\export\VM_Cluster_Inventory.csv -NoTypeInformationExport all ESXi hosts in a specific clusterGet-Cluster -Name "CLUSTER_NAME" | Get-VMHost | Select Name, ConnectionState, PowerState, NumCpu, Version | Export-Csv -Path C:\export\Host_Cluster_Inventory.csv -NoTypeInformationExport all Datastores on a specific hostGet-VMHost -Name "ESXI_HOST_NAME" | Get-Datastore | Select Name, State, FreeSpaceGB, CapacityGB | Export-Csv -Path C:\export\Datastore_Host_Inventory.csv -NoTypeInformation
Information on installing PowerCLI can be found in: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.esxi.install.doc/GUID-F02D0C2D-B226-4908-9E5C-2E783D41FE2D.htmlInformation on using PowerCLI for vSphere can be found in: https://developer.vmware.com/docs/powercli/latest/products/vmwarevsphereandvsan/
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