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krdanny
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‎03-13-2022 06:56 AM

The operation failed due to Invalid configuration for device 8

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I'm trying to import an OVF file into "VMware vCenter Server 6.5" but I get an error - "The operation failed due to Invalid configuration for device 8"

Please see the OVF content.

 

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<Envelope vmw:buildId="build-17666670" xmlns="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1" xmlns:cim="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/common" xmlns:ovf="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1" xmlns:rasd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_ResourceAllocationSettingData" xmlns:vmw="http://www.vmware.com/schema/ovf" xmlns:vssd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_VirtualSystemSettingData" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<References>
<File ovf:href="logic-disk1.vmdk" ovf:id="file1" ovf:size="11676008960"/>
</References>
<DiskSection>
<Info>Virtual disk information</Info>
<Disk ovf:capacity="200" ovf:capacityAllocationUnits="byte * 2^30" ovf:diskId="vmdisk1" ovf:fileRef="file1" ovf:format="http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html#streamOptimized" ovf:populatedSize="26404782080"/>
</DiskSection>
<NetworkSection>
<Info>The list of logical networks</Info>
<Network ovf:name="nat">
<Description>The nat network</Description>
</Network>
</NetworkSection>
<VirtualSystem ovf:id="vm">
<Info>A virtual machine</Info>
<Name>Developemnt (Template)</Name>
<OperatingSystemSection ovf:id="94" vmw:osType="ubuntu64Guest">
<Info>The kind of installed guest operating system</Info>
</OperatingSystemSection>
<VirtualHardwareSection>
<Info>Virtual hardware requirements</Info>
<System>
<vssd:ElementName>Virtual Hardware Family</vssd:ElementName>
<vssd:InstanceID>0</vssd:InstanceID>
<vssd:VirtualSystemIdentifier>Developemnt (Template)</vssd:VirtualSystemIdentifier>
<vssd:VirtualSystemType>vmx-13</vssd:VirtualSystemType>
</System>
<Item>
<rasd:AllocationUnits>hertz * 10^6</rasd:AllocationUnits>
<rasd:Description>Number of Virtual CPUs</rasd:Description>
<rasd:ElementName>2 virtual CPU(s)</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>1</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceType>3</rasd:ResourceType>
<rasd:VirtualQuantity>2</rasd:VirtualQuantity>
</Item>
<Item>
<rasd:AllocationUnits>byte * 2^20</rasd:AllocationUnits>
<rasd:Description>Memory Size</rasd:Description>
<rasd:ElementName>4096MB of memory</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>2</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceType>4</rasd:ResourceType>
<rasd:VirtualQuantity>4096</rasd:VirtualQuantity>
</Item>
<Item>
<rasd:Address>0</rasd:Address>
<rasd:Description>SATA Controller</rasd:Description>
<rasd:ElementName>sataController0</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>3</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceSubType>vmware.sata.ahci</rasd:ResourceSubType>
<rasd:ResourceType>20</rasd:ResourceType>
</Item>
<Item ovf:required="false">
<rasd:Address>0</rasd:Address>
<rasd:Description>USB Controller (EHCI)</rasd:Description>
<rasd:ElementName>usb</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>4</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceSubType>vmware.usb.ehci</rasd:ResourceSubType>
<rasd:ResourceType>23</rasd:ResourceType>
<vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="ehciEnabled" vmw:value="true"/>
</Item>
<Item>
<rasd:Address>0</rasd:Address>
<rasd:Description>SCSI Controller</rasd:Description>
<rasd:ElementName>scsiController0</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>5</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceSubType>lsilogic</rasd:ResourceSubType>
<rasd:ResourceType>6</rasd:ResourceType>
</Item>
<Item ovf:required="false">
<rasd:AutomaticAllocation>true</rasd:AutomaticAllocation>
<rasd:ElementName>serial0</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>6</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceType>21</rasd:ResourceType>
<vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="yieldOnPoll" vmw:value="true"/>
<vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="connectable.allowGuestControl" vmw:value="true"/>
</Item>
<Item>
<rasd:AddressOnParent>0</rasd:AddressOnParent>
<rasd:ElementName>disk0</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:HostResource>ovf:/disk/vmdisk1</rasd:HostResource>
<rasd:InstanceID>7</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:Parent>5</rasd:Parent>
<rasd:ResourceType>17</rasd:ResourceType>
</Item>
<Item>
<rasd:AddressOnParent>2</rasd:AddressOnParent>
<rasd:AutomaticAllocation>true</rasd:AutomaticAllocation>
<rasd:Connection>nat</rasd:Connection>
<rasd:Description>E1000 ethernet adapter on &quot;nat&quot;</rasd:Description>
<rasd:ElementName>ethernet0</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>8</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceSubType>E1000</rasd:ResourceSubType>
<rasd:ResourceType>10</rasd:ResourceType>
<vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="slotInfo.pciSlotNumber" vmw:value="33"/>
<vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="connectable.allowGuestControl" vmw:value="true"/>
</Item>
<Item ovf:required="false">
<rasd:AutomaticAllocation>false</rasd:AutomaticAllocation>
<rasd:ElementName>video</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>9</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceType>24</rasd:ResourceType>
<vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="videoRamSizeInKB" vmw:value="262144"/>
<vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="enable3DSupport" vmw:value="true"/>
</Item>
<Item ovf:required="false">
<rasd:AutomaticAllocation>false</rasd:AutomaticAllocation>
<rasd:ElementName>vmci</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>10</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceSubType>vmware.vmci</rasd:ResourceSubType>
<rasd:ResourceType>1</rasd:ResourceType>
</Item>
<Item ovf:required="false">
<rasd:AddressOnParent>1</rasd:AddressOnParent>
<rasd:AutomaticAllocation>false</rasd:AutomaticAllocation>
<rasd:ElementName>cdrom0</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>11</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:Parent>3</rasd:Parent>
<rasd:ResourceType>15</rasd:ResourceType>
<vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="connectable.allowGuestControl" vmw:value="true"/>
</Item>
<vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="cpuHotAddEnabled" vmw:value="true"/>
<vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="memoryHotAddEnabled" vmw:value="true"/>
<vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="tools.syncTimeWithHost" vmw:value="false"/>
<vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="powerOpInfo.powerOffType" vmw:value="soft"/>
<vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="powerOpInfo.resetType" vmw:value="soft"/>
<vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="powerOpInfo.suspendType" vmw:value="soft"/>
<vmw:ExtraConfig ovf:required="false" vmw:key="nvram" vmw:value="Developemnt TEST.nvram"/>
<vmw:ExtraConfig ovf:required="false" vmw:key="virtualHW.productCompatibility" vmw:value="hosted"/>
</VirtualHardwareSection>
</VirtualSystem>
</Envelope>

Moderator edit by wila: Moved log to spoiler for readability.

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