diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/datacenter.rb b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/datacenter.rb
index 1ad8496faf..c26340f018 100644
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/datacenter.rb
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/datacenter.rb
@@ -418,7 +418,9 @@ class DatacenterFolder
         full_process = !args[:short]
 
         vc_network_ref = vc_network._ref
-        vc_network_name = vc_network.name
+        vc_network_name = VCenterDriver::VcImporter.sanitize(
+            vc_network.name
+        )
         vc_network_host = vc_network['host']
         vc_network_tag = vc_network['tag']
 
diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/vcenter_importer.rb b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/vcenter_importer.rb
index 805acb77e2..0df9f7b24c 100644
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/vcenter_importer.rb
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/vcenter_importer.rb
@@ -382,6 +382,14 @@ module VCenterDriver
             end
         end
 
+        def self.sanitize(text)
+            bad_chars = ['|']
+            bad_chars.each do |bad_char|
+                text.gsub!(bad_char, '_')
+            end
+            text
+        end
+
         protected
 
         #