1/19/2016

Error importing into Virtualbox

Open visualisation format (OVF) is an open standard for packaging and distributing virtual appliances. Essentially this is meant to ensure portability of software and virtual machines across different hypervisors, such as vmware, virtualbox, etc. However, I got an error when importing an OVF file into virtualbox Version 5.0.12 r104815

"Host resource of type "Other Storage Device (20)" is supported with SATA AHCI controllers only, line 47."

Error reading "XXXXXX.ovf": Host resource of type "Other Storage Device (20)" is supported with SATA AHCI controllers only, line 47.


Result Code: 
VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80BB0004)
Component: 
ApplianceWrap
Interface: 
IAppliance {XXXXXX}

Fixed it by following the instructions on the forum[1]
  1. Edited .ovf file in vim.
    • :%s/ElementName/Caption/g
    • :%s/vmware.sata.ahci/AHCI/
  2. Deleted .mf file, else get an error regarding failure to verify manifest

Attempted re-import of appliance into VirtualBox 5. Only noticeable issue was the name defaulted to "vm", which was easily resolved by double clicking name and entering correct name for the virtual machine.

References:

  1. https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=61624

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