vista x64 sp2 export hangs

[SpaceMan137]

been trying to export a machine and it hangs at 99%.
try many things to reset it to try again.
i did change .VirtualBox dir /harddrive and /machines to a different drive after install.

but not able to find the cashed export file?
tried renaming the VM, added new snapshot, looked for the cashed export file i assume . tried renaming the file export location.
also tried the legacy option.

every thing i try, it jumps to 99% and hangs again. so i assume is cashed in a temp file someplace that i am unable to locate.

[Perryg]

We need to know the version of VBox you are using and the machine type and extension of the guest?
Does it jump really quick to 99% or does it take some time and then just stay there?
How long have you left it at 99% before you gave up?
Did you tell VBox to export to a different folder than the original folder?

[SpaceMan137]

ver # 3.0.2r49928
"machine type and extension of the guest?" ??
ubuntu guest.

it took long time to get 99% the first time, then it jumps up realy fast every time after that.
i left it run for hours.
i did tell it try different folders and names after it kept hanging up.

originally i wanted to know where it is saving this cashed export, i was unable to locate it.
so i can delete it and try again.

[SpaceMan137]

seems it restarted again, from beginning?
started at snapshot 2. i think that was where it was before when it hang up.


it just exit, no messages. it was at about 80%
made 6k ovf file. and another file, {99c05cb6-c785-49d7-9648-30b8db47f372}.vmdk in same place.

[Perryg]

Wow snapshots huh?

This from the book

OVF cannot describe every feature that VirtualBox provides for virtual machines. For example, snapshot information gets lost on export; the disk images will have a "flattened" state identical to the current state of the virtual machine, but any snapshots that were defined for the machine will have been merged.

So this could take a lot of time and what you get may not be what you wanted. Did I say a lot of time? Depending on the number of snapshots it might not even work due to storage limitations. What is the HD formatted in? If fat it is limited to 2 gig. Fat32 to 4 gig. But I do not know this for sure.

[SpaceMan137]

hours with no cpu usage, 2 gig? is vista x64


ok, nm, appears you are not reading all i wrote.

Wow snapshots huh?

This from the book

OVF cannot describe every feature that VirtualBox provides for virtual machines. For example, snapshot information gets lost on export; the disk images will have a "flattened" state identical to the current state of the virtual machine, but any snapshots that were defined for the machine will have been merged.

So this could take a lot of time and what you get may not be what you wanted. Did I say a lot of time? Depending on the number of snapshots it might not even work due to storage limitations. What is the HD formatted in? If fat it is limited to 2 gig. Fat32 to 4 gig. But I do not know this for sure.

[SpaceMan137]

by the way,
machine is a quad core extreme, bran new.
dell m6400 with 8 gigs ram. Vista x64 ultimate.
2 X 360 primary drives, and one 1.5 gig eSATA seagate external, also new.
i have tried writing it to all the drives.
writing drives that is mostly empty.

when it was at 99%, the timer was going from 0 to some number i could not see, and back to 0, repeatedly, fast.

[SpaceMan137]

not sure what changed since last time, except time.

it appears to have worked.

i will try import to another machine later..