OVF import allows invalid XML fields in Appliance

[steve jenkin]

I exported an Appliance (.ovf + vmdk) from my Mac (OS/X 10.5, 64-bit) and imported into a new appliance on Linux Ubuntu 10.04 (KDE, 32-bit). [Export from VBox 3.2.4, import into VBox 3.2.6]

The Appliance failed in "Power UP" with a misleading error message [end of log at end], "VERR_CFGM_VALUE_NOT_FOUND" Google produced no useful help.

The fault was an invalid audio "driver" settings ('CoreAudio' valid on Mac, not on Linux [Null, ALSA, ...]).

<AudioAdapter controller="AC97" driver="CoreAudio" enabled="true"/>

Fault reproduced on Ubuntu with VirtualBox editions: 3.2.6 PUEL 3.2.4 PUEL 3.1.8 PUEL OSE 3.1.6 [Ubuntu repository] [unable to get version 2.2 working]

This behaviour the result of THREE faults:

• Import OVF allowed invalid Audio "driver" field in XML.
• Sanity Check of XML at Boot allowed invalid Audio "driver"
• Error reporting to User yielded no useful information.

Extract from log file:

00:00:08.499 PDM: Failed to construct 'ichac97'/0! VERR_CFGM_VALUE_NOT_FOUND (-2103) - Value not found. 00:00:08.557 NAT: zone(nm:mbuf, used:0) 00:00:08.557 NAT: zone(nm:mbuf_cluster, used:0) 00:00:08.558 NAT: zone(nm:mbuf_packet, used:0) 00:00:08.558 NAT: zone(nm:mbuf_jumbo_pagesize, used:0) 00:00:08.558 NAT: zone(nm:mbuf_jumbo_9k, used:0) 00:00:08.558 NAT: zone(nm:mbuf_jumbo_16k, used:0) 00:00:08.562 VMSetError: /home/vbox/vbox-3.2.6/src/VBox/VMM/VM.cpp(316) int VMR3Create(uint32_t, void (*)(VM*, void*, int, const char*, unsigned int, const char*, const char*, char*), void*, int (*)(VM*, void*), void*, VM); rc=VERR_CFGM_VALUE_NOT_FOUND 00:00:08.562 VMSetError: Unknown error creating VM 00:00:08.563 ERROR [COM]: aRC=NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) aIID={6375231a-c17c-464b-92cb-ae9e128d71c3} aComponent={Console} aText={Unknown error creating VM (VERR_CFGM_VALUE_NOT_FOUND)} aWarning=false, preserve=false 00:00:08.696 Power up failed (vrc=VERR_CFGM_VALUE_NOT_FOUND, rc=NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0X80004005))

[steve jenkin]

Log file

[steve jenkin]

Imported control file on Linux

[steve jenkin]

Fault reproduced on Ubuntu with VirtualBox editions:

• 3.2.6 PUEL
• 3.2.4 PUEL
• 3.1.8 PUEL
• 3.1.6 OSE [Ubuntu repository]

Hint in log file was "Failed to construct 'ichac97' ". Nothing useful found using 'strace' (and wasn't that a lot of work!)

Searched for:

• VERR_CFGM_VALUE_NOT_FOUND
• NS_ERROR_FAILURE
• SUPR3HardenedMain (found through 'strace')

Apologies for log file segment in initial post

[steve jenkin]

Apologies again.

Guest was DamnSmallLinux, linux 2.4 kernel. It failed before boot.

[Achim Hasenmueller]

This issue was fixed in VirtualBox 3.2.8. Please reopen in case it still doesn't work with 3.2.8.