ESXi 8.0 U3 SCP Failure
Hello. I'm trying to download a file from an ESXi 8.0 U3 server, to a Windows client running Windows 10 22H2. Alternatively, I was able to use the native scp within ESXi to copy the file to a Linux host without any issues.
. 2025-01-13 09:29:11.652 Copying 1 files/directories to local directory "C:\Users\username\Downloads\" - total size: 157,661,184 . 2025-01-13 09:29:11.652 PrTime: Yes; PrRO: No; Rght: rw-r--r--; PrR: No (No); FnCs: N; RIC: 0100; Resume: S (102400); CalcS: Yes; Mask: *.* . 2025-01-13 09:29:11.652 TM: B; ClAr: No; RemEOF: No; RemBOM: No; CPS: 0; NewerOnly: No; EncryptNewFiles: Yes; ExcludeHiddenFiles: No; ExcludeEmptyDirectories: No; InclM: ; ResumeL: 0 . 2025-01-13 09:29:11.652 AscM: *.*html; *.htm; *.txt; *.php; *.php3; *.cgi; *.c; *.cpp; *.h; *.pas; *.bas; *.tex; *.pl; *.js; .htaccess; *.xtml; *.css; *.cfg; *.ini; *.sh; *.xml . 2025-01-13 09:29:11.652 Copying 1 files/directories to local directory "C:\Users\username\Downloads\" . 2025-01-13 09:29:11.652 PrTime: Yes; PrRO: No; Rght: rw-r--r--; PrR: No (No); FnCs: N; RIC: 0100; Resume: S (102400); CalcS: Yes; Mask: *.* . 2025-01-13 09:29:11.652 TM: B; ClAr: No; RemEOF: No; RemBOM: No; CPS: 0; NewerOnly: No; EncryptNewFiles: Yes; ExcludeHiddenFiles: No; ExcludeEmptyDirectories: No; InclM: ; ResumeL: 0 . 2025-01-13 09:29:11.652 AscM: *.*html; *.htm; *.txt; *.php; *.php3; *.cgi; *.c; *.cpp; *.h; *.pas; *.bas; *.tex; *.pl; *.js; .htaccess; *.xtml; *.css; *.cfg; *.ini; *.sh; *.xml > 2025-01-13 09:29:11.652 echo "WinSCP: this is begin-of-file" ; scp -r -p -d -f "win.iso" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$?" < 2025-01-13 09:29:11.654 WinSCP: this is begin-of-file . 2025-01-13 09:29:11.654 Sending NULL. < 2025-01-13 09:29:11.657 T1736781874 0 1736781881 0 . 2025-01-13 09:29:11.657 Sending NULL. < 2025-01-13 09:29:11.658 C0644 157661184 win.iso . 2025-01-13 09:29:11.659 File: '/tmp/win.iso' [2025-01-13T15:24:34.000Z] [157661184] . 2025-01-13 09:29:11.661 Asking user: . 2025-01-13 09:29:11.661 **Overwrite local file 'win.iso'?** . 2025-01-13 09:29:11.661 . 2025-01-13 09:29:11.661 Destination directory already contains file 'win.iso'. . 2025-01-13 09:29:11.661 Choose, if you want to overwrite the file or skip this transfer and keep existing file. . 2025-01-13 09:29:11.661 . 2025-01-13 09:29:11.661 New: 157,661,184 bytes, 2025-01-13 9:24:34 AM . 2025-01-13 09:29:11.661 Existing: 98,402,304 bytes, 2025-01-13 9:24:41 AM () . 2025-01-13 09:29:12.705 Answer: Yes . 2025-01-13 09:29:12.713 Sending NULL. . 2025-01-13 09:29:12.713 Binary transfer mode selected. . 2025-01-13 09:29:15.856 Session exited on unrecognised signal "PIPE" . 2025-01-13 09:29:15.908 Main session channel closed . 2025-01-13 09:29:15.909 All channels closed . 2025-01-13 09:29:15.909 Attempt to close connection due to fatal exception: * 2025-01-13 09:29:15.909 **Connection has been unexpectedly closed.** Server sent command exit status 128. . 2025-01-13 09:29:15.909 Closing connection. * 2025-01-13 09:29:16.344 (ESshFatal) **Connection has been unexpectedly closed.** Server sent command exit status 128. * 2025-01-13 09:29:16.344 Copying file 'win.iso' fatally failed. * 2025-01-13 09:29:16.344 Copying files from remote side failed.