I am trying to load a VM that was created by someone else using VMware vSphere into virtualbox. I got these 3 files, the first one being an xml ovf file, the second one containing the SHA1 sums and the last one being a 3.2GB vmdk:
myVM.ovf
myVM.mf
myVM-disk1.vmdk
When I try Import an Appliance choosing the ovf file, I get this error:
Failed to import appliance /home/username/VirtualBox VMs/blah/blah/myVM.ovf.
<vbox:Machine> element in OVF contains a medium attachment for the disk image 58d8e82a-37a1-4c10-b3be-b53cdb213fbe but the OVF describes no such image.
Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: Appliance
Interface: IAppliance {3059cf9e-25c7-4f0b-9fa5-3c42e441670b}
I made sure the menu is pointing to the right vmdk file, but still there is something wrong.
Any ideas?
At the Import dialog, try to uncheck USB controller and CD/DVD devices.
If that will help, You can enable them afterwards. In fact, You will need them to install Guest Additions later.
This helped for me, to install Microsoft prepared Virtual machines for different Internet Explorer tests from http://dev.modern.ie/tools/vms/windows/
I received a similar issue today when doing a simple export / import of a windows 7 vm running Oracle VM 4.3.1 on linux mint. I exported in OVF 2.0 and it generated an .ova file. I had nearly identical error message when importing the image. I am assuming the image was made with Oracle VM.
"Failed to import appliance /home/val/Desktop/win7.ova"... "the OVF describes no such image"
THE FIX: All I had to do was rename the .ova file to .ovf; you may have to change the .ovf extension to .ova as well. Also ensure you are the owner of the file (chown) and you have correct permissions(chmod). This worked for me it may work for you.
I found this fix here: https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9414
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I wanted to test vmdk files exported from google cloud with my vmware workstation 16 pro, however it doesn't seem to work, a cursor just blinks on the screen and there is no progress after that.
To export a vmdk file from Google cloud, I followed below steps:
https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images/export-image#exporting_an_image
And to boot from vmdk in vmware workstation, following steps were referred.
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2010196
Please help to get this resolved.
This seems to be a disk fragment issue while exporting a vmdk file. Hence it didn't work in vmware. I created a fresh vm instance in gcp and did an export, then it worked.
Actually I'm working on an administration and system project. I'm using ESXI, virtual box and OVH.
lastly, I got an error which blocked me and didn't let me to complete my configuration. the error is
<OperatingSystemSection ovf:id="80">
<Info>The kind of installed guest operating system</Info>
<Description>RedHat_64</Description>
<vbox:OSType ovf:required="false">RedHat_64</vbox:OSType>
</OperatingSystemSection>
let me explain to clarify the problem.
as anyone knows that before deploying anything to the cloud we must pass through a development phase. After that, if everything is good, we do a migration of all our resources that we have configured into a cloud environment.
Now here, I used in the development phase: virtual box, and I have a virtual machine that I have exported from VBOX to put it into the esxi enviroment which is located in OVH.
I converted the exported VM from ova to ovf by following this tutorial: [1]: https://felixcentmerino.wordpress.com/2014/10/15/migrate-virtual-machine-from-oracle-virtualbox-to-esxi-5-5/
but when I would like to deploy the ovf file to the ESXi I get the error that is mentioned above.
could anyone help me please?
Replace by:
<OperatingSystemSection ovf:id="107">
<Info>The kind of installed guest operating system</Info>
<!-- <Description>RedHat_64</Description> -->
<!-- <vbox:OSType ovf:required="false">RedHat_64</vbox:OSType> -->
<vbox:OSType ovf:required="false">centos64Guest</vbox:OSType>
</OperatingSystemSection>
I downloaded a VM instance from the web and launched / modified it using it using VMware Workstation 12 Player
I would now like to transfer this image onto an ESXi host running VMware ESXi Version 5.5.0.
I have tried copying the working directory "C:\Users\xxxx\Downloads\Kali-Linux-2.0.0-vm-amd64\Kali-Linux-2.0.0-vm-amd64" to the ESXi datastore and have tried to import it using a couple of methods:
I tried browsing to the Datastore, right clicking the "Kali-Linux-2.0.0-vm-amd64.vmx" file and selecting "add to inventory"
I tried creating a virtual machine, selecting the option to use and existing disk and pointed it at the VMDK file.
Both methods allow me to create the machine, but fail with the following error when I try to power it up.
Failed to start the virtual machine.
Module DiskEarly power on failed.
Cannot open the disk '/vmfs/volumes/4dc219c6-2eb825c6-0119-d8d3855f4a40/Kali-Linux-2.0.0-vm-amd64/Kali-Linux-2.0.0-vm-amd64.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.
The system cannot find the file specified
VMware ESX cannot find the virtual disk "/vmfs/volumes/4dc219c6-2eb825c6-0119-d8d3855f4a40/Kali-Linux-2.0.0-vm-amd64/Kali-Linux-2.0.0-vm-amd64.vmdk". Verify the path is valid and try again.
I have checked and I can see the VMDK file on the Datastore.
I don't know if it of any significance, but the files on my desktop are broken down into multiple VMDK files and when I copied it to the Datastore, it turned them into one large VMDK file.
It might be best to use vmware converter to import the vm into your esxi host and/or even try an export to OVF from workstation and then an import (deploy OVF) to ESXi host.
From the error generated it looks like the original VM may still have some snapshots. Try and remove any snapshots, then take note of the disk controller and disk type of the workstation vm and check that it is supported for ESXi vm (for example IDE etc.), ESXi likes SCSI.
Hi I have just downloaded an Ubuntu Box and installed all web dev tools I need. Now I want to get a copy of this settings as is and use it from a place without internet connection.
What should I do to get a complete backup of my virtual box so I can use it at home? What files I need to copy.
Note: I am using Virtualbox and Vagrant.
Virtual box has export and import appliance features. Use them.
It seems to be easy question but I an new at this. I got a ova from one of my partners. He told me he exported a VM file using Export Appliance in VirtualBox. And my office's laptop is installed with VM player. My guess is that it is the same ova filetype. It supposed to open in both VMs. However, VW play shows this message.
Failed to open virtual machine: Failed to query source for information.
Any thought on this?