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Hi.

I have a problem using a OVF file generated by XCP 1.0 and XCP 1.1. When I try to open and import the virtual machine on VMware Player, VMware Workstation, Virtual Box or another desktop virtualization application, some errors are displayed.

The OVF file was generated using Xen Center 6.0 with the export function.

For example, the errors logs below are generated when I try to import the virtual machines:

Note: Sometimes I changed the charset encoding because the log says that the encondig was wrong. But that didn’t work too.

VMware Player 4.0.1 build-528992 Linux:

The import failed because /media/4000-2F41/windows-ovf-XemServer6.0/

Windows Server 2003 (64-bit)/Windows Server 2003 (64-bit).ovf did not

pass OVF specification conformance or virtual hardware compliance

checks.

Click Retry to relax OVF specification and virtual hardware compliance

checks and try the import again, or click Cancel to cancel the import.

If you retry the import, you might not be able to use the virtual

machine in VMware Player.

VMware Player 4.0.1 build-528992 Linux (changing definition of XML to encoding=UTF-8)

The import failed because o did not pass OVF specification conformance

or virtual hardware compliance checks.

Click Retry to relax OVF specification and virtual hardware compliance

checks and try the import again, or click Cancel to cancel the import.

If you retry the import, you might not be able to use the virtual

machine in VMware Player.

VMware Converter 4.0.1 build-161434:
Unable to parse the OVF File.

VMware Converter 4.0.1 build-161434 (changing definition of XML to encoding=UTF-8)

The OVF file '/media/4000-2F41/ovfxen/Windows Server 2003 (64-bit)-

utf8/Windows Server 2003 (64-bit).ovf' cannot be deployed on the

target hardware.

Virtualbox 4.1.2 Linux:
Failed to import appliance /media/4000-2F41/ovfxen/Windows Server 2003

(64-bit)/Windows Server 2003 (64-bit).ovf.

Document labelled UTF-16 but has UTF-8 content.

Location: '/media/4000-2F41/ovfxen/Windows Server 2003 (64-bit)/

Windows Server 2003 (64-bit).ovf', line 1 (0), column 36.

Virtualbox 4.1.2 Linux(changing definition of XML to encoding=UTF-8)

Failed to import appliance /media/4000-2F41/ovfxen/Windows Server 2003

(64-bit)-utf8/Windows Server 2003 (64-bit).ovf.

Error reading "/media/4000-2F41/ovfxen/Windows Server 2003 (64-bit)-

utf8/Windows Server 2003 (64-bit).ovf": Unknown resource type 19 in

hardware item, line 1.

VMware ovftool 2.0.1 (build-260188) Linux
Opening OVF source: /media/pendrive/windows-xva-ovf/Windows Server

2003 (64-bit).ovf

Warning: No manifest file

Error:

- Line 1: Could not parse the document: 'encoding specified in XML

declaration is incorrect'.

VMware ovftool 2.0.1 (build-260188) - (changing definition of XML to encoding=UTF-8) Linux:

Warning: No manifest file

Opening VMX target: /media/hdexterno/Xen/xen_2_vmware/windows2003/

windows2003.vmx

Error: OVF Package is not supported by target:

- Line 1: Unsupported value 'http://www.microsoft.com/technet/

virtualserver/downloads/vhdspec.mspx' for attribute 'format' on

element 'Disk'.

- Line 1: Unsupported element 'VirtualSystemOtherConfigurationData'

- Line 1: Unsupported element 'VirtualSystemOtherConfigurationData'

- Line 1: Unsupported element 'VirtualSystemOtherConfigurationData'

I also generated an OVF file with Xen Convert 2.3.1 32bits, but the same errors happened.

I looked over Xen Server 5.6 documentation and it says that the OVF file is supported by VMware ovftool 1.0 (Citrix XenServer 5.6 Feature Pack 1 Virtual Machine Guide - page 31), but I didn’t find this version available for download at vmware.com.

Please, I need this feature because sometimes I have to use some virtual machines for local tests in my network users’ desktops, but XCP will be used by my servers to host many virtual machines.

Could anyone help me ?

Thanks,

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[Xen-users] [XCP] Fail to export OVF format