I am trying to test NAV using the virtual machine. However when I import into EXSI V7, I get the following error message in EXSI: Line 16: Missing child element 'VirtualHardwareSection'.
On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 21:00:02 -0500 Colton Conor colton.conor@gmail.com wrote:
I am trying to test NAV using the virtual machine. However when I import into EXSI V7, I get the following error message in EXSI: Line 16: Missing child element 'VirtualHardwareSection'.
I don't have any ESXI to test on, but it works perfectly fine on Virtualbox. Did you remember to use OVFTool to convert/import the image?
I am not sure what the OVFTool is, so I would say no I did not use that. I will check it out.
On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 4:16 AM Morten Brekkevold < morten.brekkevold@uninett.no> wrote:
On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 21:00:02 -0500 Colton Conor colton.conor@gmail.com wrote:
I am trying to test NAV using the virtual machine. However when I import into EXSI V7, I get the following error message in EXSI: Line 16:
Missing
child element 'VirtualHardwareSection'.
I don't have any ESXI to test on, but it works perfectly fine on Virtualbox. Did you remember to use OVFTool to convert/import the image?
-- sincerely, Morten Brekkevold Uninett
Converted it, but it still didn't work:
C:\WINDOWS\system32> cd "c:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool"
c:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>ovftool.exe navappliance.ovf navappliancenew.ovf Opening OVF source: navappliance.ovf Opening OVF target: navappliancenew.ovf Writing OVF package: navappliancenew.ovf Transfer Completed Warning: - No manifest file found. - Wrong file size specified in OVF descriptor for 'navappliance-disk001.vmdk' (specified: -1, actual 923340288). - No supported manifest(sha1, sha256, sha512) entry found for: 'navappliance-disk001.vmdk'. Completed successfully
c:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>
In EXSI: Line 16: Missing child element 'VirtualHardwareSection'. Ready to completeReview your settings selection before finishing the wizard
On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 7:11 AM Colton Conor colton.conor@gmail.com wrote:
I am not sure what the OVFTool is, so I would say no I did not use that. I will check it out.
On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 4:16 AM Morten Brekkevold < morten.brekkevold@uninett.no> wrote:
On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 21:00:02 -0500 Colton Conor colton.conor@gmail.com wrote:
I am trying to test NAV using the virtual machine. However when I import into EXSI V7, I get the following error message in EXSI: Line 16:
Missing
child element 'VirtualHardwareSection'.
I don't have any ESXI to test on, but it works perfectly fine on Virtualbox. Did you remember to use OVFTool to convert/import the image?
-- sincerely, Morten Brekkevold Uninett
On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 07:26:56 -0500 Colton Conor colton.conor@gmail.com wrote:
c:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>
In EXSI: Line 16: Missing child element 'VirtualHardwareSection'. Ready to completeReview your settings selection before finishing the wizard
Yeah, I don't know what this is, but seems VMWare/ESXI is pretty picky about how "hardware" is defined in an OVF. This is why ovftool is needed in the first place.
Unfortunately, since I have extremely limited experience with VMWare, I have no better response than: Google it.
I followed a Google rabbit hole from [1] to [2]. It might help, but I have no way of testing it. Please let me know if you get it to work; we could do with updating our docs on this point :)
[1] https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2287187-vmware-esxi-error-line-16-mis... [2] https://jekil.sexy/blog/2015/this-ovf-package-requires-unsupported-hardware....
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