Import OVA in Workstation 15

[Blandwehr]

Hi,

the import of an OVA file failed wth the message:

Failed to write content to disk E:\Documents\VM-Test-Maschinen\\OpenDNS-VirtualMachine-20190408-disk2.vmdk. Reason: You have requested access to an area of the virtual disk that is out of bounds.

anyone an idea?

Thank´s

[continuum]

Extract the OVA with 7zip or WinRar.

Then convert the disk 2 with vmware-vdiskmanager.

[Blandwehr]

Sorry, but there is no file named "disk2". See attachment.

Thanks

[continuum]

Then read the ovf-file and find out what is wrong with the second disk.

[Blandwehr]

Thank you for the fast response... But I can´t read the ovf File, cn you help me?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

    xmlns:vssd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_VirtualSystemSettingData"

    xmlns:rasd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_ResourceAllocationSettingData"

    xmlns:ovf="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1"

    xmlns="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1"

    xsi:schemaLocation="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1 ../dsp8023.xsd">

    <References>

        <!-- External files -->

        <File ovf:id="sysdisk" ovf:href="forwarder-va.vmdk" ovf:size="430444544"/>

        <File ovf:id="dynamicdisk" ovf:href="dynamic.vmdk" ovf:size="71168"/>

    </References>

    <DiskSection>

        <Info>List of virtual disks</Info>

        <Disk ovf:diskId="sysdisk" ovf:fileRef="sysdisk" ovf:capacity="6979321856" ovf:format="http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html#streamOptimized"/>

        <Disk ovf:diskId="dynamicdisk" ovf:fileRef="dynamicdisk" ovf:capacity="10240" ovf:format="http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html#streamOptimized"/>

    </DiskSection>

    <NetworkSection>

        <Info>Logical Networks</Info>

        <Network ovf:name="Network">

            <Description>The network that the Umbrella Virtual Appliance communicates on.</Description>

        </Network>

    </NetworkSection>

    <VirtualSystem ovf:id="Umbrella Virtual Appliance">

        <Info>Umbrella Virtual Appliance</Info>

        <Name>Umbrella Virtual Appliance</Name>

        <ProductSection>

            <!-- Careful... order here is important! -->

            <Info>Information about the installed software</Info>

            <!-- This Product string is also the default hostname -->

            <Product>Umbrella Virtual Appliance (requires ESXi v4.1 or later)</Product>

            <Vendor>Cisco</Vendor>

            <Version>2.4.4</Version>

            <FullVersion>2.4.4</FullVersion>

            <ProductUrl>http://www.umbrella.cisco.com/</ProductUrl>

            <VendorUrl>http://www.cisco.com/</VendorUrl>

        </ProductSection>

        <AnnotationSection>

            <Info>A human-readable annotation</Info>

            <Annotation>The Umbrella Virtual Appliance adds internal network and/or AD client information to outgoing DNS requests.

ESXi 4.1 or higher is required for deployment.</Annotation>

        </AnnotationSection>

        <ProductSection ovf:class="com.cisco.umbrella">

            <Info>Umbrella Virtual Appliance Customization</Info>

            <Product>Umbrealla VA</Product>

            <Version>2.4.4</Version>

        </ProductSection>

        <OperatingSystemSection xmlns:vmw="http://www.vmware.com/schema/ovf" ovf:id="100" vmw:osType="other26xLinux64Guest">

            <Info>Guest Operating System</Info>

            <Description>Linux 4.4.0-31</Description>

        </OperatingSystemSection>

        <VirtualHardwareSection>

            <Info>Virtual Hardware Requirements: 512MB, 1 CPU, 2 disks, 1 CD, 1 NIC</Info>

            <System>

                <vssd:ElementName>Virtual Hardware Family</vssd:ElementName>

                <vssd:InstanceID>0</vssd:InstanceID>

                <!-- http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=101400... -->

                <vssd:VirtualSystemType>vmx-07</vssd:VirtualSystemType>

            </System>

            <Item>

                <rasd:Description>Number of virtual CPUs</rasd:Description>

                <rasd:ElementName>1 virtual CPU</rasd:ElementName>

                <rasd:InstanceID>1</rasd:InstanceID>

                <rasd:ResourceType>3</rasd:ResourceType>

                <rasd:VirtualQuantity>1</rasd:VirtualQuantity>

            </Item>

            <Item>

                <rasd:AllocationUnits>byte * 2^20</rasd:AllocationUnits>

                <rasd:Description>Memory Size</rasd:Description>

                <rasd:ElementName>512 MB of memory</rasd:ElementName>

                <rasd:InstanceID>2</rasd:InstanceID>

                <rasd:ResourceType>4</rasd:ResourceType>

                <rasd:VirtualQuantity>512</rasd:VirtualQuantity>

            </Item>

            <Item>

                <rasd:AutomaticAllocation>true</rasd:AutomaticAllocation>

                <rasd:Connection>Network</rasd:Connection>

                <rasd:ElementName>Ethernet adapter on "Network"</rasd:ElementName>

                <rasd:InstanceID>3</rasd:InstanceID>

                <rasd:ResourceType>10</rasd:ResourceType>

            </Item>

            <Item>

                <rasd:Address>0</rasd:Address>

                <rasd:Description>IDE Controller</rasd:Description>

                <rasd:ElementName>IDE 0</rasd:ElementName>

                <rasd:InstanceID>4</rasd:InstanceID>

                <rasd:ResourceType>5</rasd:ResourceType>

            </Item>

            <Item>

                <rasd:ElementName>SCSI Controller 0 - LSI Logic</rasd:ElementName>

                <rasd:InstanceID>5</rasd:InstanceID>

                <rasd:ResourceSubType>lsilogic</rasd:ResourceSubType>

                <rasd:ResourceType>6</rasd:ResourceType>

            </Item>

            <Item>

                <rasd:ElementName>System Disk</rasd:ElementName>

                <rasd:HostResource>ovf:/disk/sysdisk</rasd:HostResource>

                <rasd:InstanceID>6</rasd:InstanceID>

                <rasd:Parent>5</rasd:Parent>

                <rasd:ResourceType>17</rasd:ResourceType>

            </Item>

            <Item>

                <rasd:ElementName>Dynamic Disk</rasd:ElementName>

                <rasd:HostResource>ovf:/disk/dynamicdisk</rasd:HostResource>

                <rasd:InstanceID>7</rasd:InstanceID>

                <rasd:Parent>5</rasd:Parent>

                <rasd:ResourceType>17</rasd:ResourceType>

            </Item>

        </VirtualHardwareSection>

    </VirtualSystem>

</Envelope>

[continuum]

The OVA-file seems to be very old - thats probably why you have problems reading it.

I would import both vmdk with

vmware-vdiskmanager -r forwarder-va.vmdk -t 0 disk0.vmdk
vmware-vdiskmanager -r dynamic.vmdk -t 0 disk1.vmdk

and then create the vmx-file manually.

The required details can be looked up in the ovf.