I'm curious as to why you chose to manually edit the file. The whole point of OVF is that importing and exporting should be seamless.
Any vm fine tuning you can do afterwards after you have imported the file. FC On Mon, Nov 25, 2024, 21:26 John <jaydeebee...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am trying to migrate away from VMware Workstation Pro (16.2.5) on a > Debian 11/Bullseye host and have exported a Windows 10 guest to OVF. > > I have done the following before performing the latest import attempt in > VBox 7.1.4 on a Debian 12/Bookworm host. > OVF file: > - updated the file by changing "ElementName" to "Caption" > - updated the file by changing "vmware.sata.ahci" to "AHCI" > MF file: > - updated the hash for the modified OVF file > > Run under the root user the import gets beyond 20% complete (or more, > intermittently) and then fails, output below. > > Any recommendations on which direction to go with this error? Error logs > to check? > > ########################################## > vboxmanage import 'Windows 10 x64.ovf' 2>&1 | tee importfailure > > 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% > Interpreting /home/user/VMWARE_EXPORTED_VMs/Windows 10 x64.ovf... > OK. > 0%...10%...20%...NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG > VBoxManage: error: Appliance import failed > VBoxManage: error: Unknown error during OVF import > VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057), > component ApplianceWrap, interface IAppliance > VBoxManage: error: Context: "RTEXITCODE > handleImportAppliance(HandlerArg*)" at line 1443 of file > VBoxManageAppliance.cpp > Disks: > vmdisk1 60 60605726720 > http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html#streamOptimized > Windows_10_x64-disk1.vmdk 40567882752 -1 > > Virtual system 0: > 0: Suggested OS type: "Other" > (change with "--vsys 0 --ostype <type>"; use "list ostypes" to list > all possible values) > 1: Suggested VM name "vm" > (change with "--vsys 0 --vmname <name>") > 2: Suggested VM group "/" > (change with "--vsys 0 --group <group>") > 3: Suggested VM settings file name "/root/VirtualBox VMs/vm/vm.vbox" > (change with "--vsys 0 --settingsfile <filename>") > 4: Suggested VM base folder "/root/VirtualBox VMs" > (change with "--vsys 0 --basefolder <path>") > 5: Number of CPUs: 2 > (change with "--vsys 0 --cpus <n>") > 6: Guest memory: 6208 MB > (change with "--vsys 0 --memory <MB>") > 7: USB controller > (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 7 --ignore") > 8: Network adapter: orig bridged, config 2, extra type=bridged > 9: CD-ROM > (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 9 --ignore") > 10: NVMe controller, type NVMe > (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 10 --ignore") > 11: SATA controller, type AHCI > (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 11 --ignore") > 12: Hard disk image: source image=Windows_10_x64-disk1.vmdk, target > path=Windows_10_x64-disk1.vmdk, controller=10;port=0 > (change target path with "--vsys 0 --unit 12 --disk path"; > change controller with "--vsys 0 --unit 12 --controller <index>"; > change controller port with "--vsys 0 --unit 12 --port <n>"; > disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 12 --ignore") > ########################################### > -- > Regards, > > John > > > > _______________________________________________ > VBox-users-community mailing list > VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net > ?subject=unsubscribe >
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