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Passing The OVF Descriptor Is Unable To Pass XML Element Envelope

The document discusses an issue encountered when importing and deploying a virtual appliance using the vSphere Client, resulting in an error related to the OVF descriptor. The problem is often caused by a corrupted OVA file, and the resolution involves testing the OVA file with the OVF Tool to ensure it is not corrupt. Additional compatibility issues may arise when using older versions of the OVF Tool in non-vSphere environments.

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Passing The OVF Descriptor Is Unable To Pass XML Element Envelope

The document discusses an issue encountered when importing and deploying a virtual appliance using the vSphere Client, resulting in an error related to the OVF descriptor. The problem is often caused by a corrupted OVA file, and the resolution involves testing the OVA file with the OVF Tool to ensure it is not corrupt. Additional compatibility issues may arise when using older versions of the OVF Tool in non-vSphere environments.

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Passing the OVF descriptor is unable to pass XML element envelope

 Article ID: 304551  Updated On: 12-30-2024

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Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• Importing and deploying a virtual appliance using the vSphere Client fails with the error:

An error occurred while passing the OVF descriptor 'unable to pass


XML element envelope'

• Using Ovftool 1.0 to extract the OVA file is successful; but fails to import the OVF.
• Using Converter to deploy the file you receive the following error in the wizard:

A general system error occurred: internal error

Cause

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This issue can be cause by a corrupted OVA file.

Resolution

To resolve the issue, test the OVA file to ensure that package is not corrupt using the Ovftool:

1. Download the OVF Tool and install this program. For more information, see OVF Tool Installation
Guide
2. On the server where the OVF Tool is installed, execute:

Note: Extract the OVA file before running this command

ovftool --datastor<wbr style="FONT-STYLE: italic"></


wbr>e=<name_of_datastore> <path to the extracted OVF>.ovf vi://root: <wbr
style="FONT-STYLE: italic"></wbr><password>@<name_of_esx>

3. Read and accept the End User License Agreement and click deploy the virtual applicance.
4. Register the deployed virtual machine by executing:

vmware-cmd -s register <path to VMX>.vmx.

No te: A newer version of the OVF Tool has been released, to download see Broadcom Support
Portal .

Additional Information

Compatibility issues may occur when using the Ovftool 1.0 to extract an OVA to deploy to a non-vSphere
environment, such as Virtual Infrastructure 2.5 using the File > Import option on the client.

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