This posting is for the issue with VBoxManage import step. Everything else is context how I get in the failure state. Yes, tried the import step manually. Snippet below from the original posting:
+++ * Running the import command manually from git cmd I get: "c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage" import "C:/Users/selsetm/.vagrant.d/boxes/entrust-VAGRANTSLASH-20.04.6-desktop/1.0.1/virtualbox/box.ovf" --vsys 0 --vmname "Ubuntu20.04.6-desktop-base-1.0.1 1_1700963908828_64897" --vsys 0 --unit 14 --disk "C:/Users/selsetm/VirtualBox VMs/Ubuntu20.04.6-desktop-base-1.0.1 1_1700963908828_64897/box-disk001.vmdk" 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Interpreting C:\Users\selsetm\.vagrant.d\boxes\entrust-VAGRANTSLASH-20.04.6-desktop\1.0.1\virtualbox\box.ovf... OK. Disks: vmdisk1 107374182400 -1 http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html#streamOptimized<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html*streamOptimized__;Iw!!FJ-Y8qCqXTj2!YKowZxYF2L-UCjxKoDMCvIYymsZ3i9rUauONubnIcS8YqCa3k1FA-M9Y0DDknolM3HBEoHtOZzV3PotjUX08$> box-disk001.vmdk -1 -1 Virtual system 0: 0: Suggested OS type: "Ubuntu_64" (change with "--vsys 0 --ostype <type>"; use "list ostypes" to list all possible values) 1: VM name specified with --vmname: "Ubuntu20.04.6-desktop-base-1.0.1 1_1700963908828_64897" 2: Suggested VM group "/" (change with "--vsys 0 --group <group>") 3: Suggested VM settings file name "C:\Users\selsetm\VirtualBox VMs\Ubuntu20.04.6-desktop-base-1.0.1 1\Ubuntu20.04.6-desktop-base-1.0.1 1.vbox" (change with "--vsys 0 --settingsfile <filename>") 4: Suggested VM base folder "C:\Users\selsetm\VirtualBox VMs" (change with "--vsys 0 --basefolder <path>") 5: Number of CPUs: 6 (change with "--vsys 0 --cpus <n>") 6: Guest memory: 8192 MB (change with "--vsys 0 --memory <MB>") 7: Sound card (appliance expects "", can change on import) (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 7 --ignore") 8: USB controller (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 8 --ignore") 9: Network adapter: orig NAT, config 3, extra slot=0;type=NAT 10: CD-ROM (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 10 --ignore") 11: IDE controller, type PIIX4 (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 11 --ignore") 12: IDE controller, type PIIX4 (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 12 --ignore") 13: SATA controller, type AHCI (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 13 --ignore") 14: Hard disk image specified with --disk: source image=box-disk001.vmdk, target path=C:/Users/selsetm/VirtualBox VMs/Ubuntu20.04.6-desktop-base-1.0.1 1_1700963908828_64897/box-disk001.vmdk, controller=13;port=0 (change controller with "--vsys 0 --unit 14 --controller <index>"; change controller port with "--vsys 0 --unit 14 --port <n>") 0%...E_INVALIDARG VBoxManage.exe: error: Appliance import failed VBoxManage.exe: error: Code E_INVALIDARG (0x80070057) (extended info not available) VBoxManage.exe: error: Context: "enum RTEXITCODE __cdecl handleImportAppliance(struct HandlerArg *)" at line 1416 of file VBoxManageAppliance.cpp +++ Marinela Selseth marinela.sels...@entrust.com<mailto:marinela.sels...@entrust.com> Entrust Datacard 1187 Park Place Shakopee, MN 55379 From: Fernando Cassia <fcas...@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2023 3:29 AM To: Community mailing list of VirtualBox users <vbox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [VBox-users] Unable to import a Virtual Box based on Ubuntu 20.04, from Windows 10 Most likely one of these: 1. Disk space issue Or 2. VM file you are trying to import already exists. You should write your vagrant code - if possible to check for these conditions as Vbox does not. See this bug report https: //www. virtualbox. org/ticket/18343Hope Most likely one of these: 1. Disk space issue Or 2. VM file you are trying to import already exists. You should write your vagrant code - if possible to check for these conditions as Vbox does not. See this bug report https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/18343<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.virtualbox.org/ticket/18343__;!!FJ-Y8qCqXTj2!YKowZxYF2L-UCjxKoDMCvIYymsZ3i9rUauONubnIcS8YqCa3k1FA-M9Y0DDknolM3HBEoHtOZzV3Pr7WUKXe$> Hope this helps FC On Sun, Nov 26, 2023, 01:41 Marinela Selseth via VBox-users-community <vbox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:vbox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net>> wrote: Created Ubuntu 20.04 VB base in Virtual Box. Package it with vagrant, it is an ovf, vmdk disk. -rw-r--r-- 1 selsetm 1049089 516 Nov 25 10:35 Vagrantfile -rw-r--r-- 1 selsetm 1049089 5678622720 Nov 25 10:35 box-disk001.vmdk -rw-r--r-- 1 selsetm 1049089 10118 Nov 25 10:35 box.ovf -rw-r--r-- 1 selsetm 1049089 25 Nov 25 10:35 metadata.json Using vagrant up to create a new VM based on the base. Vagrant up fails when importing the base box. Under the hood it uses VBoxManage import. Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider... ==> default: Importing base box 'entrust/20.04.6-desktop'... There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, a CLI used by Vagrant for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below. Command: ["import", \\\\?\\C:\\Users\\selsetm\\.vagrant.d\\boxes\\entrust-VAGRANTSLASH-20.04.6-desktop\\1.0.1\\virtualbox\\box.ovf<file://%3f//C:/Users/selsetm/.vagrant.d/boxes/entrust-VAGRANTSLASH-20.04.6-desktop/1.0.1/virtualbox/box.ovf>, "--vsys", "0", "--vmname", "Ubuntu20.04.6-desktop-base-1.0.1 1_1700963908828_64897", "--vsys", "0", "--unit", "14", "--disk", "C:/Users/selsetm/VirtualBox VMs/Ubuntu20.04.6-desktop-base-1.0.1 1_1700963908828_64897/box-disk001.vmdk"] Stderr: 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Interpreting \\?\C:\Users\selsetm\.vagrant.d\boxes\entrust-VAGRANTSLASH-20.04.6-desktop\1.0.1\virtualbox\box.ovf<file://%3f/C:/Users/selsetm/.vagrant.d/boxes/entrust-VAGRANTSLASH-20.04.6-desktop/1.0.1/virtualbox/box.ovf>... OK. 0%...E_INVALIDARG VBoxManage.exe: error: Appliance import failed VBoxManage.exe: error: Code E_INVALIDARG (0x80070057) (extended info not available) VBoxManage.exe: error: Context: "enum RTEXITCODE __cdecl handleImportAppliance(struct HandlerArg *)" at line 1416 of file VBoxManageAppliance.cpp +++ Notes * I have plenty of disk space. df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on C:/Users/selsetm/AppData/Local/Programs/Git 989559804 641799376 347760428 65% / * Ubuntu 18.04 seems to work, using similar process * Using VB 7.0.6, vagrant 2.3.4 * After the error, noticed there is a new VM directory created under ~/VirtualBox VMs drwxr-xr-x 1 selsetm 1049089 0 Nov 25 00:58 Ubuntu20.04.6-desktop-base-1.0.1/ drwxr-xr-x 1 selsetm 1049089 0 Nov 25 20:30 'Ubuntu20.04.6-desktop-base-1.0.1 1_1700963908828_64897'/ Is this expected? * Unable to run vagrant under git bash at the moment because some IT issues with my Windows 10, so I am limited to run vagrant up from git cmd * Typically what I do is create a new VM from the base via vagrant up, debug it, destroy it, then recreate it using vagrant up Noting that vagrant up worked few times until it started to fail with error 0x80070057. Is there a cleanup I need to do that I am missing now? Steps below on how I destroy the VM: vagrant destroy -f rm -fr .vagrant The failure started after the VM froze, so I closed it and then destroy it. Not sure how relevant this is. * Running the import command manually from git cmd I get: "c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage" import "C:/Users/selsetm/.vagrant.d/boxes/entrust-VAGRANTSLASH-20.04.6-desktop/1.0.1/virtualbox/box.ovf" --vsys 0 --vmname "Ubuntu20.04.6-desktop-base-1.0.1 1_1700963908828_64897" --vsys 0 --unit 14 --disk "C:/Users/selsetm/VirtualBox VMs/Ubuntu20.04.6-desktop-base-1.0.1 1_1700963908828_64897/box-disk001.vmdk" 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Interpreting C:\Users\selsetm\.vagrant.d\boxes\entrust-VAGRANTSLASH-20.04.6-desktop\1.0.1\virtualbox\box.ovf... OK. Disks: vmdisk1 107374182400 -1 http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html#streamOptimized<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html*streamOptimized__;Iw!!FJ-Y8qCqXTj2!YKowZxYF2L-UCjxKoDMCvIYymsZ3i9rUauONubnIcS8YqCa3k1FA-M9Y0DDknolM3HBEoHtOZzV3PotjUX08$> box-disk001.vmdk -1 -1 Virtual system 0: 0: Suggested OS type: "Ubuntu_64" (change with "--vsys 0 --ostype <type>"; use "list ostypes" to list all possible values) 1: VM name specified with --vmname: "Ubuntu20.04.6-desktop-base-1.0.1 1_1700963908828_64897" 2: Suggested VM group "/" (change with "--vsys 0 --group <group>") 3: Suggested VM settings file name "C:\Users\selsetm\VirtualBox VMs\Ubuntu20.04.6-desktop-base-1.0.1 1\Ubuntu20.04.6-desktop-base-1.0.1 1.vbox" (change with "--vsys 0 --settingsfile <filename>") 4: Suggested VM base folder "C:\Users\selsetm\VirtualBox VMs" (change with "--vsys 0 --basefolder <path>") 5: Number of CPUs: 6 (change with "--vsys 0 --cpus <n>") 6: Guest memory: 8192 MB (change with "--vsys 0 --memory <MB>") 7: Sound card (appliance expects "", can change on import) (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 7 --ignore") 8: USB controller (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 8 --ignore") 9: Network adapter: orig NAT, config 3, extra slot=0;type=NAT 10: CD-ROM (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 10 --ignore") 11: IDE controller, type PIIX4 (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 11 --ignore") 12: IDE controller, type PIIX4 (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 12 --ignore") 13: SATA controller, type AHCI (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 13 --ignore") 14: Hard disk image specified with --disk: source image=box-disk001.vmdk, target path=C:/Users/selsetm/VirtualBox VMs/Ubuntu20.04.6-desktop-base-1.0.1 1_1700963908828_64897/box-disk001.vmdk, controller=13;port=0 (change controller with "--vsys 0 --unit 14 --controller <index>"; change controller port with "--vsys 0 --unit 14 --port <n>") 0%...E_INVALIDARG VBoxManage.exe: error: Appliance import failed VBoxManage.exe: error: Code E_INVALIDARG (0x80070057) (extended info not available) VBoxManage.exe: error: Context: "enum RTEXITCODE __cdecl handleImportAppliance(struct HandlerArg *)" at line 1416 of file VBoxManageAppliance.cpp +++ End Notes How can I fix this issue? 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