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Error on ova file import
Posted: 25. Sep 2020, 16:37
by LuxCoder
Hi,
I have been using virtualbox for many years now but never have i faced this issue before. My vm manager is throwing following error on import appliance:
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Failed to import appliance C:\Users\TP\Documents\TPv8.4.ova
Error reading OVA 'C:\Users\Smart\Documents\TailorPad v8.4.ova' (VERR_TAR_CHKSUM_MISMATCH).
Result Code: VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80BB0005)
Component: ApplianceWrap
Interface: IAppliance {8398f026-4add-4474-5bc3-2f9f2140b23e}
I tried to import it using all the vb 5 & 6 builds only to get same error. This particular ova file is very important for me to import coz of the the data in it. Is there a way to find out the compatible version for this ova file so i can try with the particular one. Also is it possible to extract sql data from it in any way or maybe a way to fix the ova file? Please advise.
Many thanks in advance!
L
Re: Error on ova file import
Posted: 25. Sep 2020, 18:41
by scottgus1
Web-searching:
VERR_TAR_CHKSUM_MISMATCH site:forums.virtualbox.org
shows it's quite likely the OVA file is damaged, causing the hash check to fail to match. Storing a larger-than-4GB file on a FAT32-formatted drive does this, along with lots of other typical computer-glitch things.
An OVA appears to be a tar archive. Free 7Zip can open tar's and OVAs on Windows hosts. You might be able to extract the drive file from the archive, then attach it to a guest and get the files off it.
Or try one of your other copies of this important file.
Re: Error on ova file import
Posted: 26. Sep 2020, 08:01
by LuxCoder
Thank you for your reply scott
System is NTFS on Windows 10 and the ova file is less than 3gb. I tried extraction with 7-Zip but it gave following message after the extraction failed:
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Headers Error
There are some data at the end of payload data.
Please advise.
L
Re: Error on ova file import
Posted: 26. Sep 2020, 14:22
by scottgus1
Virtualbox wrote:VERR_TAR_CHKSUM_MISMATCH
7zip wrote:Headers Error
The OVA file is damaged. Nothing else can be done with it that I know of. You can web-search to see if 7zip help channels know what to do about that error. If not then the OVA is dead.
You will need a different backup file to recover your data.