community.vmware vmware_export_ovf: frequently times out

SUMMARY

When trying to use the vmware_export_ovf plugin to export OVFs of a VM, anything over a certain size (or amount of time?) generates an error: get exception: The read operation timed out. Exporting the exact same VM with ovftool works perfectly fine.

ISSUE TYPE

Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

vmware_export_ovf

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible 2.9.21
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = [u'/home/nick/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /bin/ansible
  python version = 2.7.5 (default, Oct 30 2018, 23:45:53) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-36)]

COLLECTION VERSION

(Doesn't seem to work)

usage: ansible-galaxy collection [-h] COLLECTION_ACTION ...
ansible-galaxy collection: error: argument COLLECTION_ACTION: invalid choice: u'list' (choose from 'init', 'build', 'publish', 'install')

CONFIGURATION

ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS(/home/nick/ansible/ansible.cfg) = -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKe
CACHE_PLUGIN(/home/nick/ansible/ansible.cfg) = jsonfile
CACHE_PLUGIN_CONNECTION(/home/nick/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ./tmp/facts_cache
CACHE_PLUGIN_TIMEOUT(/home/nick/ansible/ansible.cfg) = 86400
DEFAULT_ACTION_PLUGIN_PATH(/home/nick/ansible/ansible.cfg) = [u'/usr/share/ansible_plugins/action_plugins']
DEFAULT_CALLBACK_PLUGIN_PATH(/home/nick/ansible/ansible.cfg) = [u'/usr/share/ansible_plugins/callback_plugins'
DEFAULT_CONNECTION_PLUGIN_PATH(/home/nick/ansible/ansible.cfg) = [u'/usr/share/ansible_plugins/connection_plug
DEFAULT_FILTER_PLUGIN_PATH(/home/nick/ansible/ansible.cfg) = [u'/usr/share/ansible_plugins/filter_plugins']
DEFAULT_FORKS(/home/nick/ansible/ansible.cfg) = 10
DEFAULT_GATHERING(/home/nick/ansible/ansible.cfg) = smart
DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/home/nick/ansible/ansible.cfg) = [u'/home/nick/ansible/hosts']
DEFAULT_LOG_PATH(/home/nick/ansible/ansible.cfg) = /home/nick/ansible/logs/ansible.lo
DEFAULT_LOOKUP_PLUGIN_PATH(/home/nick/ansible/ansible.cfg) = [u'/usr/share/ansible_plugins/lookup_plugins']
DEFAULT_MANAGED_STR(/home/nick/ansible/ansible.cfg) = Ansible managed: {file} modified on %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S by
DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL(/home/nick/ansible/ansible.cfg) = 15
DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH(/home/nick/ansible/ansible.cfg) = [u'/home/nick/ansible/roles']
DEFAULT_TIMEOUT(/home/nick/ansible/ansible.cfg) = 60
DEFAULT_TRANSPORT(/home/nick/ansible/ansible.cfg) = smart
DEFAULT_VARS_PLUGIN_PATH(/home/nick/ansible/ansible.cfg) = [u'/usr/share/ansible_plugins/vars_plugins']
DEFAULT_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE(/home/nick/ansible/ansible.cfg) = /home/nick/ansible/.vau
RETRY_FILES_SAVE_PATH(/home/nick/ansible/ansible.cfg) = /home/nick/ansible/tmp/retry

OS / ENVIRONMENT

CentOS 7 VMware vSphere 6.7

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

Create a VM to export with a good amount of data (more than 50GB)
Use vmware_export_ovf to export the VM
Watch it fail

- name: Export broken way
  vmware_export_ovf:
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
    download_timeout: 172800
    export_dir: "{{ backup_location }}"
    export_with_images: no
    folder: "{{ vmfolder }}"
    hostname: "{{ vchost }}"
    moid: "{{ _vmclone.instance.moid }}"
    password: "{{ vcpass }}"
    username: "{{ vcuser }}"
    validate_certs: no
  connection: ssh
  delegate_to: "{{ backup_server }}"
  async: 172800
  poll: 60
  when: false

EXPECTED RESULTS

A successful OVF export (works fine with ovftool).

ACTUAL RESULTS

fatal: [vm_to_export -> 10.1.2.3]: FAILED! => {
    "ansible_job_id": "372686434781.22966", 
    "changed": false, 
    "finished": 1, 
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "datacenter": "My Data Center", 
            "download_timeout": 172800, 
            "export_dir": "/mnt/export/vm_snapshots/", 
            "export_with_images": false, 
            "folder": "/My Data Center/vm/VMs to Export", 
            "hostname": "vcenter.example.com", 
            "moid": "vm-1078895", 
            "name": null, 
            "password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER", 
            "port": 443, 
            "proxy_host": null, 
            "proxy_port": null, 
            "username": "[email protected]", 
            "uuid": null, 
            "validate_certs": false
        }
    }, 
    "msg": "get exception: The read operation timed out"
}