Can't Import OVF - Error in File

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Re: Can't Import OVF - Error in File

Post by loukingjr »

It helped in the sense that the error you are getting has nothing to do with this thread from 2 yrs ago.

The error you are getting says the .ovf file is corrupted.

Where did you get the .ovf file?
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Re: Can't Import OVF - Error in File

Post by tmadigage »

the ovf file was obtained from "retriever.us.oracle.com" , and it was packed as smaller self extracting zip files.

Not sure if the corruption happened during download or unzipping.
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Re: Can't Import OVF - Error in File

Post by loukingjr »

I don't know but, I've only downloaded multi-part zip files that are re-constructed into an .ova file from Oracle and Modern.IE. They've always worked. I use "The Unarchiver" which is a free archive App. I believe you can get it from the App Store. See if that helps.
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Re: Can't Import OVF - Error in File

Post by Alebal76 »

Hello,

I solved this issue

1. Extracting the files in the OVA file
2. Files included 2 .vmdk files
3. Created a NEW VM with the characteristics of the one that I was importing
4. Instead of creating new Disks, I chose the .vmdk files extracted
5. Started the VM up

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Re: Can't Import OVF - Error in File

Post by mpack »

Alebal76 wrote: 4. Instead of creating new Disks, I chose the .vmdk files extracted
A mistake. The VMDK from an OVA is usually stream optimized (i.e. compressed), and will give very poor peformance in a VM: you'll find that VirtualBox silently created a difference file for it in the Snapshots subfolder, since the VMDK you provided is not writeable. Every read from the VMDK will involve parsing the compressed image.

Use VBoxManage to clone the VMDK to VDI format, then build a new VM around the clone (don't mount the VDI in the VM you already created, since the damage is already done to that VM).
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Re: Can't Import OVF - Error in File

Post by Drew7 »

In my case (windows 10) the problem was that the virtualization was disabled.

So i enabled that through BIOS (search for: how-to-enable-intel-vt-x-in-your-computers-bios-or-uefi-firmware) and the machine was installed properly. :D
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Re: Can't Import OVF - Error in File

Post by socratis »

@Drew7,

Thanks for the feedback, but your issue had almost nothing to do with the title of the thread, it was an entirely different problem.

And since this is a 5-year old thread, which seems to attract replies solely based on the title, I'm going to lock it. Something more ... recent should be referenced, if need be. If not, a new thread is always the best option.
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