Has VMware dropped support for ExtraConfig?

[grossmj]

Hello,

The users of our software, GNS3, have issues importing a VM into VMware Workstation Player/Pro. See Unsupported value ethernet · Issue #1184 · GNS3/gns3-server · GitHub  for details.

Has VMware dropped support for ExtraConfig? Or is there a workaround this?

Thank you,

Regards,

Jeremy

[toddbooth]

Related to the GNS3 problem, I'm having a very similar problem, when installing Cisco VIRL.  I've attached the error image and here is the text:

VMware Workstation  Line -1: Unsupported value 'vhv.enable' for attribute 'key' on element 'ExtraConfig'

My VMware is current:  14.0.0 build-6661328

My Cisco VIRL is the latest:  VIRL: 1.3.296 (23-AUG-2017)

My image is: virl.5i.1.3.296.pc.ova

[continuum]

Please attach your vmx-file to your next answer.
Looks like you use an invalid vmx-file.
Do you have a line like
# ExtraConfig

?
Maybe the new version no longer allows to use # to mark lines with comments.
This would be a bug which needs to be fixed.

[wila]

Ulli,

Apparently "ExtraConfig" is/was an ova setting... not vmx.

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Wil

[grossmj]

This is correct, it is in the OVA file.

[manmany]

Could you please have a try to remove theses extraConfigs?

Are these extraConfigs very useful for you? And can you tell me how to add these extraConfigs to your ova file? Thanks.

[grossmj]

Hi,

Removing the ExtraConfigs will allow the OVA to be imported into VMware 14.

The extraconfigs are added using the ovftool:

gns3-vm/vmware.sh at master · GNS3/gns3-vm · GitHub

Regards,

Jeremy

[manmany]

WS 14 consume ovftool 4.2.0, this version is not support some extraConfigs in your ova file. like below items.

'ethernet0.virtualDev'

'ethernet1.addressType'

'ethernet1.present'

'ethernet1.startConnected'

'ethernet1.virtualDev'

'ethernet1.wakeOnPcktRcv'

'vhv.enable'

Please using new ovftool to export the ova file with --allowExtraConfig.

Then, import the ova file using command-line with --allowExtraConfig

[betabore]

anyone know what i have to do ? i get the same error

[grossmj]

We were able to fix the import issue by patching the ovf file: Fix ExtraConfig for VMWare 14 · GNS3/gns3-vm@5e1e601 · GitHub

However, we still have a problem with VMware 14, it doesn't recognise the vhv.enable="True" parameter ("Virtualize InterVT-x/EPT" option) when importing the OVA file. There is not such problem with VMware 12.x

[sshetty]

Hi,

Please try VMware Workstation 14.1.0 and can you confirm if the issue persists.

Download VMware Workstation Pro

We would like to know the results since an extraconfig prameter was taken care in this update.

Thanks!

[MrJazze]

I had a similar issue with a 3rd party OVA. This is how I was able to deploy using OVFTool

ovftool.exe --skipManifestCheck --noDestinationSSLVerify -ds=DataStoreForVM -n=NameOfVM drive:\path\filename.ova vi://esxi-host-ip-address/