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SCV to OVA migration fails with a connection error during metadata migration

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Applies to

SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere (SCV) 4.3 and higher

Issue

During the migration, and after checking the storage connections, SnapCenter's migration will attempt to access the MySQL Database on the OVA deployed SCV, visible in the SnapManagerWeb log of the Job:
INFO  SnapManagerWeb_<JOB> PID=[5972] TID=[84] Enter MigrateMetadata
INFO  SnapManagerWeb_<JOB> PID=[5972] TID=[84] Enter MigrateToScvOva
INFO  SnapManagerWeb_<JOB> PID=[5972] TID=[84] Enter GetConnectionString
INFO  SnapManagerWeb_<JOB> PID=[5972] TID=[84] Exit GetConnectionString
DEBUG SnapManagerWeb_<JOB> PID=[5972] TID=[84] Error occured in OVA migration. Error: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond
ERROR SnapManagerWeb_<JOB> PID=[5972] TID=[84] ErrorCode (-1), ErrorMessage (A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond)
INFO  SnapManagerWeb_<JOB> PID=[5972] TID=[84] Exit MigrateToScvOva 
ERROR SnapManagerWeb_<JOB> PID=[5972] TID=[84] ErrorCode (-1), ErrorMessage (A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond)
DEBUG SnapManagerWeb_<JOB> PID=[5972] TID=[43] OVA nsm Restore Successful.
ERROR SnapManagerWeb_<JOB> PID=[5972] TID=[84] ErrorCode (-1), ErrorMessage (The virtual appliance database is restored back to original state.)
INFO  SnapManagerWeb_<JOB> PID=[5972] TID=[84] Exit MigrateMetadata 

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