Appliance: Hadoop HDP Sandbox 2.6.5 https://www.cloudera.com/downloads/hort ... x/hdp.html
Please note I am trying to import v2.6.5, not the latest version. filename is HDP_2.6.5_virtualbox_180626.ova
VirtualBox 6.1.18
Importing installation fails with the GUI and from the CLI. The CLI provides more information:
C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage import C:\....................\HDP_2.6.5_virtualbox_180626.ova 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Interpreting C:\....................\HDP_2.6.5_virtualbox_180626.ova... OK. Disks: vmdisk1 125829120000 -1 http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specif ... mOptimized Hortonworks Sandbox HDP 2.6.5-disk001.vmdk -1 -1 Virtual system 0: 0: Suggested OS type: "RedHat_64" (change with "--vsys 0 --ostype <type>"; use "list ostypes" to list all possible values) 1: Suggested VM name "Hortonworks Sandbox HDP 2.6.5" (change with "--vsys 0 --vmname <name>") 2: Suggested VM group "/" (change with "--vsys 0 --group <group>") 3: Suggested VM settings file name "C:\......................\VirtualBox VMs\Hortonworks Sandbox HDP 2.6.5\Hortonworks Sandbox HDP 2.6.5.vbox" (change with "--vsys 0 --settingsfile <filename>") 4: Suggested VM base folder "C:\Users\flori\VirtualBox VMs" (change with "--vsys 0 --basefolder <path>") 5: Number of CPUs: 4 (change with "--vsys 0 --cpus <n>") 6: Guest memory: 8192 MB (change with "--vsys 0 --memory <MB>") 7: Sound card (appliance expects "", can change on import) (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 7 --ignore") 8: USB controller (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 8 --ignore") 9: Network adapter: orig NAT, config 3, extra slot=0;type=NAT 10: IDE controller, type PIIX4 (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 10 --ignore") 11: IDE controller, type PIIX4 (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 11 --ignore") 12: Hard disk image: source image=Hortonworks Sandbox HDP 2.6.5-disk001.vmdk, target path=Hortonworks Sandbox HDP 2.6.5-disk001.vmdk, controller=10;channel=0 (change target path with "--vsys 0 --unit 12 --disk path"; disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 12 --ignore") 0%...10%... Progress state: E_INVALIDARG VBoxManage.exe: error: Appliance import failed VBoxManage.exe: error: Code E_INVALIDARG (0x80070057) - One or more arguments are invalid (extended info not available) VBoxManage.exe: error: Context: "enum RTEXITCODE __cdecl handleImportAppliance(struct HandlerArg *)" at line 1118 of file VBoxManageAppliance.cppI have tried to uninstall / reinstall VBox, reboot the system, etc - nothing helps. I have lots of disk space available. I do NOT have disk compression enabled.
The same OVA can be imported just fine into the same VBox version on macOS. So this is not a problem with the OVA, it's a problem with VBox.