id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	guest	host
7068	Extra IDE Controller included in OVF export	David J. Malan		"When exporting an appliance on VirtualBox 3.2.6 (and perhaps 3.2.x more generally) that has only 1 IDE controller defined (with only virtual disk attached), per the attached screenshot, the resulting OVF file nonetheless has two IDE controllers defined:


{{{
<Item>
  <rasd:Address>0</rasd:Address>
  <rasd:Caption>ideController0</rasd:Caption>
  <rasd:Description>IDE Controller</rasd:Description>
  <rasd:ElementName>ideController0</rasd:ElementName>
  <rasd:InstanceID>3</rasd:InstanceID>
  <rasd:ResourceSubType>PIIX4</rasd:ResourceSubType>
  <rasd:ResourceType>5</rasd:ResourceType>
</Item>
<Item>
  <rasd:Address>1</rasd:Address>
  <rasd:Caption>ideController1</rasd:Caption>
  <rasd:Description>IDE Controller</rasd:Description>
  <rasd:ElementName>ideController1</rasd:ElementName>
  <rasd:InstanceID>4</rasd:InstanceID>
  <rasd:ResourceSubType>PIIX4</rasd:ResourceSubType>
  <rasd:ResourceType>5</rasd:ResourceType>
</Item>
}}}

When this appliance is imported on VirtualBox 3.1.x (i.e., older versions), the import fails because 3.1.x appears not to support imports of appliances with multiple IDE controllers.  A workaround is to delete the second Item element above from the OVF file prior to import.

Older versions of VirtualBox (3.1.x I *think*) did not include this additional IDE controller when exporting appliances.

Happy to provide additional details as needed."	defect	closed	OVF	VirtualBox 3.2.6	fixed			other	Mac OS X