VxVerify hangs

I'm preparing for an upgrade from 7.0.521 to 8.0.300. vxverify_x-40-830 hangs at the first host. I've tried running both from the command line and the vxv shell, while waiting 20+ minutes for it to finish.

Following are last rows from vxv.log. The other odd thing is that the date and time are correct on VxRail Manager but are off in the log.

2024-09-03 16:11:26-INFO     [minion_run2] Minion on fqdn esxi1.xxx.local is ready, so now running commands to start it
2024-09-03 16:11:26-INFO     [minion_run2] Run esxi1 minion: nohup /usr/lib/vmware/rp/bin/runInRP --max=-1 python -u /tmp/xc1d8-minion.pyc -c 1  -s -j -x f3 -n 2 --b64 eyJtaXAiOiAiMTkyLjE2OC4xMy4xMTEifQ== --sig c1d8
2024-09-03 16:11:26-INFO     [minion_run2] Flushing buffers for ['esxi1'] and pausing until next minion can be sent
2024-09-03 16:11:29-INFO     [host_df_tmp] Querying Free space and inodes on hosts /tmp