Anybody got the latest Oracle (Sun) Open Storage simulator imported to ESX4?

[Oletho]

I've been trying to import the ovf-based Oracle storage simulator to ESX4. Also tried importing to Workstation when that failed.

No luck. Not with integrated converter, not with standalone converter, not with ovftool. Changing/removing lines in .ovf file brings me a bit further but still no cigar.

The process stalls at different points, but typically I get an error about unknown OS or unsupported hardware, sometimes a parse error with no additional info.

Has anybody got this working?

The simulator is a virtual-box based Solaris appliance.

Ole Thomsen

[admin]

When using ovftool have you tried to use the --lax flag?

The --lax flag are designed to be used with VirtualBox OVFs.

Eske

[Oletho]

Yes.

Despite that ovftool reports success, no disks exist in target directory after conversion.

C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>ovftool.exe --lax "c:\Temp\vbox.2010.q3.1.0 - Copy\Sun ZFS Storage 7000.ovf" c:\Temp\nyvmx\nyvmx.vmx
Opening OVF source: c:\Temp\vbox.2010.q3.1.0 - Copy\Sun ZFS Storage 7000.ovf
Warning: No manifest file
Opening VMX target: c:\Temp\nyvmx\nyvmx.vmx
Warning:
- The specified operating system identifier 'Solaris_64' (id: 81) is not suppor
ted on the selected host. It will be mapped to the following OS identifier: ''.
- Hardware compatibility check is disabled.
- Line 94: OVF hardware element 'ResourceType' with instance ID '3': No support
for the virtual hardware device type '20'.
Writing VMX file: c:\Temp\nyvmx\nyvmx.vmx
Disk Transfer Completed
Completed successfully

Ole Thomsen