Failed to import export_A.ovf

[Richard_Brown]

I search the bug list and I have found other people who got this error. there was no solution, can you please tell me the solution. THANKS.

this is what i did: I have VMware Player 6.0.1 build-1379776 installed and I am moving to Virtual Box. I exported a windows 2008 server that was running Oracle 11g and Documentum 7.0. this is the error I obtained

Failed to import appliance C:\virtual_Box\export_A.ovf.

Could not open the medium storage unit 'C:\virtual_Box\export_A-disk1.vmdk'.

VMDK: incorrect ordering of entries in descriptor in 'C:\virtual_Box\export_A-disk1.vmdk' (VERR_VD_VMDK_INVALID_HEADER).

VD: error VERR_VD_VMDK_INVALID_HEADER opening image file 'C:\virtual_Box\export_A-disk1.vmdk' (VERR_VD_VMDK_INVALID_HEADER).

Result Code: VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80BB0004) Component: Appliance Interface: IAppliance {3059cf9e-25c7-4f0b-9fa5-3c42e441670b}

[Richard_Brown]

log file

[Richard_Brown]

please let me know if you want any additional data.I can send you the VmWare export if you want it. Please let me know if I did something really not do smart. THANKS for your help.

[Richard_Brown]

One more thing. I saw a number of people had this error but there was not resolution to the problem. Did I mess something?

[VVP]

please, attach the file export_A.ovf. May be it will be enough. What is in the folder C:\virtual_Box\ else?

[Richard_Brown]

Replying to VVP:

please, attach the file export_A.ovf. May be it will be enough. What is in the folder C:\virtual_Box\ else?

Ok I will have to do late tomorrow. I think that file is quite large. about 35 GB. I will check and let you know before I do it.

[Richard_Brown]

and yes the file that was created with the Virtual Player OVFTool

[Richard_Brown]

Ok I was wrong the file is only 9 KB. I was thinking it was the actual export file. Thanks for looking at this case. If I can be of any more help please let me know. and again THANKS

[VVP]

Ok, I hope when the file will be fixed import will be successful.

[Richard_Brown]

Can I be of any more help? Are there any more files you need? Is there something I did wrong? Please let me know. Thanks

[Richard_Brown]

the vmdk file is 20GB would you like that file also?

[Richard_Brown]

Any thoughts? do you need any more data.

[VVP]

I found something related to SCSI controller. Wrong processing. As workaround, would you try to reattach VMDK image to IDE controller. And repeat export/import operations? Or if you familiar with OVF description file structure you can modify it manually.

p.s. When I solve this issue I'll leave feedback here.

[Richard_Brown]

I have no SCSI controller on my laptop. how do you reattach the wmdk image to the IDE controller. I know what a IDE controller is - hardware wise, etc. How do you unattached it and reattach it?? Thanks

[Richard_Brown]

do you want the 20GB file?

[Richard_Brown]

Can you modify the OVF file put it out here and let me use it?

[VVP]

VMDK image on IDE controller

[VVP]

I talked about the SCSI controller inside your VM not about your real hardware. Apologize if it was unclear. I fixed the OVF description file as you had asked. Try it.

[Richard_Brown]

Failed to import appliance C:\virtual_Box\export_A_IDE.ovf.

Root element in OVF file must be "Envelope"..

Result Code: VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80BB0004) Component: Appliance Interface: IAppliance {3059cf9e-25c7-4f0b-9fa5-3c42e441670b}

[Richard_Brown]

We are almost there. I am looking at the XML file, do you know what root element the error is referring to?

[Richard_Brown]

There is one more error. let me upload the logs

[Richard_Brown]

does it want the root element Envelope in quotes?

<Envelope vmw:buildId="build-1274719" xmlns="​http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1" xmlns:cim="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/common" xmlns:ovf="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1" xmlns:rasd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_ResourceAllocationSettingData" xmlns:vmw="http://www.vmware.com/schema/ovf" xmlns:vssd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_VirtualSystemSettingData" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

[VVP]

Strange. would you compare my and your OVF files? If you look at this you will see that I have changed one character in the file. They must be completely equal except one line 105:"<rasd:Parent>5</rasd:Parent>".

[Richard_Brown]

I used your file to do the upload. I will try it again. (the virtual machines are on an other Laptop) but I just copied your file and used that, no changes were made. Let me try to copy it again and try it. Can I upload that 20 GB file to this website?

[Richard_Brown]

oh, let me do a DIFF. and post the results

[Richard_Brown]

I did a diff between your file and the original file. There are a lot of differences. Are you sure you uploaded the correct file for me to use? THANKS...

[Richard_Brown]

Oh, I tried it again and got the same error message. Any thoughts?

[VVP]

ok. I guess the error could happened because the file had been changed on Linux system and was opened on Windows system. Would you change the file yourself? Just change the line 105: from "<rasd:Parent>4</rasd:Parent>" to "<rasd:Parent>5</rasd:Parent>".

Thus, you will attach VMDK image to the IDE controller instead SCSI controller.

the full section will look like:

<Item>

<rasd:AddressOnParent>0</rasd:AddressOnParent>

<rasd:ElementName>disk0</rasd:ElementName>

<rasd:HostResource>ovf:/disk/vmdisk1</rasd:HostResource>

<rasd:InstanceID>9</rasd:InstanceID>

<rasd:Parent>5</rasd:Parent>

<rasd:ResourceType>17</rasd:ResourceType>

</Item>

[Richard_Brown]

<Item ovf:required="false">

<rasd:AddressOnParent>0</rasd:AddressOnParent> <rasd:AutomaticAllocation>false</rasd:AutomaticAllocation> <rasd:ElementName>cdrom0</rasd:ElementName> <rasd:InstanceID>8</rasd:InstanceID> <rasd:Parent>5</rasd:Parent> <rasd:ResourceType>15</rasd:ResourceType>

</Item> <Item>

<rasd:AddressOnParent>0</rasd:AddressOnParent> <rasd:ElementName>disk0</rasd:ElementName> <rasd:HostResource>ovf:/disk/vmdisk1</rasd:HostResource> <rasd:InstanceID>9</rasd:InstanceID> <rasd:Parent>5</rasd:Parent> <rasd:ResourceType>17</rasd:ResourceType>

</Item> <Item>

<rasd:AddressOnParent>2</rasd:AddressOnParent> <rasd:AutomaticAllocation>true</rasd:AutomaticAllocation> <rasd:Connection>nat</rasd:Connection> <rasd:Description>E1000 ethernet adapter on &quot;nat&quot;</rasd:Description> <rasd:ElementName>ethernet0</rasd:ElementName> <rasd:InstanceID>10</rasd:InstanceID> <rasd:ResourceSubType>E1000</rasd:ResourceSubType> <rasd:ResourceType>10</rasd:ResourceType> <vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="wakeOnLanEnabled" vmw:value="false"/>

</Item>

[Richard_Brown]

<Item>

<rasd:AddressOnParent>0</rasd:AddressOnParent> <rasd:ElementName>disk0</rasd:ElementName> <rasd:HostResource>ovf:/disk/vmdisk1</rasd:HostResource> <rasd:InstanceID>9</rasd:InstanceID> <rasd:Parent>5</rasd:Parent> <rasd:ResourceType>17</rasd:ResourceType>

</Item>

[Richard_Brown]

Ok did that, still errors:

Failed to import appliance C:\virtual_Box\export_A.ovf.

Could not open the medium storage unit 'C:\virtual_Box\export_A-disk1.vmdk'.

VMDK: incorrectly quoted value in descriptor in 'C:\virtual_Box\export_A-disk1.vmdk' (VERR_VD_VMDK_INVALID_HEADER).

VD: error VERR_VD_VMDK_INVALID_HEADER opening image file 'C:\virtual_Box\export_A-disk1.vmdk' (VERR_VD_VMDK_INVALID_HEADER).

Result Code: VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80BB0004) Component: Appliance Interface: IAppliance {3059cf9e-25c7-4f0b-9fa5-3c42e441670b}

[Richard_Brown]

I sent you the log files, just a note is this suppose to work?

[VVP]

hmm, I see two errors in the log file:

1. Could not find file for the medium 'C:\Users\Administrator\VirtualBox VMs\vm\export_A-disk1_1.vmdk'
2. Could not open the medium storage unit 'C:\virtual_Box\export_A-disk1.vmdk'

are both of these files exist?

what is the folder which you use for import (from which folder)?

for the file C:\Users\Administrator\VirtualBox VMs\vm\export_A-disk1_1.vmdk - It looks as the non-existing VMDK image. for the file C:\virtual_Box\export_A-disk1.vmdk - It looks as wrong or broken VMDK image.

[Richard_Brown]

I will try this again, please note I have upgraded to the latest version. The above fixes should exist. I will try again and send you the log files. Thanks for all your help.

[Richard_Brown]

One more thing, I could just send you the exported files form VMWare and you can test it yourself. The files are about 30GB in total size.

[Frank Mehnert]

Should be fixed in VBox 5.0. Please reopen if necessary.