id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	guest	host
17561	VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR	lno184		"VirtualBox-5.1.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.6
2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64
/VirtualBox-5.1-5.1.28_117968_el6-1.x86_64

We have a process we have been using for years where we take a Virtual Machine image and convert it to an OVA.  We recently took a new Virtual Machine image for the input because of the Spectre and Meltdown SV's so we need an updated VM image.   The size of the image changed slightly, that is about all I can tell.

I cannot find any documentation or reference that explains what this message means.

/opt/VirtualBox/VBoxManage export VBOX_8_56_07_SHELL --output /ds2/templates/vboxshell.23492/VBOX_8_56_07_SHELL.ova --vsys 0 --product 'XXX VBox Shell Appliance' --vendor XXX --version 8.56.07
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...
Progress state: VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR
VBoxManage: error: Appliance write failed
VBoxManage: error: File not accessible or erroneous file contents
VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80bb0004), component Appliance, interface IAppliance
VBoxManage: error: Context: ""int handleExportAppliance(HandlerArg*)"" at line 1121 of file VBoxManageAppliance.cpp
"	defect	new	other	VirtualBox 5.1.28				Linux	Linux