E_INVALIDARGS unfixable
Posted: 7. Jun 2019, 03:18
Recently I deleted a Virtual machine I had because I had exported it into an OVA. The trouble was, when I tried to import it, I got an error: E_INVALIDARG (0x80070057).
I read somewhere that this error can be caused by insufficient disk space. This, however, was definitely not the case for me, because the the OVA itself was only 300MB, and my disk had over 130GB free.
The next thing I tried was unzipping the OVA, as it is stored as a tarball. I go a vmdk and an OVF out of it, but importing the OVF just gave me the same error.
The DiskSection of the OVF wanted only 50GB, so I still couldn't understand why the error was happening. I had enough space.
I tried using convertfromraw on the vmdk to convert it to a VDI that way, and it works, but I don't really know what to do with the VDI after this. The vdi wont mount (nor will the VMDK).
In case this matters, I will post the beginning of the vmdk file.
after so on with nulls and stuff, for a few lines
I read somewhere that this error can be caused by insufficient disk space. This, however, was definitely not the case for me, because the the OVA itself was only 300MB, and my disk had over 130GB free.
The next thing I tried was unzipping the OVA, as it is stored as a tarball. I go a vmdk and an OVF out of it, but importing the OVF just gave me the same error.
The DiskSection of the OVF wanted only 50GB, so I still couldn't understand why the error was happening. I had enough space.
The next thing I tried was using clonehd on the vmdk, to convert it into a VDI (vboxmanage clonehd "pathtomyvmdk" "out.vdi" --format VDI). This comes up with a VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED error.<DiskSection> <Info>List of the virtual disks used in the package</Info> <Disk ovf:capacity="53687091200" ovf:diskId="vmdisk1" ovf:fileRef="file1" ovf:format="http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specif ... mOptimized (http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specif ... mOptimized)" vbox:uuid="bd181fc7-d759-44be-b050-64265c742f96" </DiskSection>
I tried using convertfromraw on the vmdk to convert it to a VDI that way, and it works, but I don't really know what to do with the VDI after this. The vdi wont mount (nor will the VMDK).
So I really don't know what to do at this point. I really badly need this Virtual machine, and this is the only backup I made of it.VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR
(0x80BB0005)
Component: MediumWrap
Interface: IMedium {the uuid}
Callee: IVirtualBox {another uuid}
Callee RC: VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80BB0001)
In case this matters, I will post the beginning of the vmdk file.
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KDMV @ € ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ€Thank you to anyone who can provide some help/insight into why this is happening.version=1 CID=9a821d78 parentCID=ffffffff createType="streamOptimized" # Extent description RDONLY 104857600 SPARSE "Win10-Machine-disk001.vmdk" # The disk Data Base #DDB ddb.virtualHWVersion = "4" ddb.adapterType="ide" ddb.geometry.cylinders="16383" ddb.geometry.heads="16" ddb.geometry.sectors="63" ddb.geometry.biosCylinders="1024" ddb.geometry.biosHeads="255" ddb.geometry.biosSectors="63" ddb.uuid.image="ee687454-2c34-4517-907b-a6154a7b950d" ddb.uuid.parent="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" ddb.uuid.modification="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" ddb.uuid.parentmodification="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" ddb.comment=""
