OVM 2.2.2 import VirtualBox OVA

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[root@ovm]# cat /etc/ovs-release
Oracle VM server release 2.2.2
Unpack OVA,
[root@ovm]# file VB.ova
VB.ova: POSIX tar archive
[root@ovm]# tar tvf VB.ova
-rw------- someone/someone 15691 2011-12-08 20:32:29 VB.ovf
-rw------- someone/someone 2917182464 2011-12-08 20:36:53 disk1.vmdk
-rw------- someone/someone 11493981184 2011-12-08 20:54:21 disk2.vmdk
[root@ovm]# tar xvf VB.ova
VB.ovf
VB-disk1.vmdk
VB-disk2.vmdk
VMDK details using "qemu-img",
[root@ovm]# ls -l *vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 2917182464 Dec 8 20:36 VB-disk1.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 11493981184 Dec 8 20:54 VB-disk2.vmdk
[root@ovm ]# qemu-img info -f vmdk VB-disk1.vmdk
disk1.vmdk
file format: vmdk
virtual size: 10G (10737418240 bytes)
disk size: 2.7G
[root@ovm]# qemu-img info -f vmdk VB-disk2.vmdk
image: disk2.vmdk
file format: vmdk
virtual size: 60G (64424509440 bytes)
disk size: 11G
Attempt using "qemu-img" to convert VMDK to raw,
[root@ovm# qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O raw VB-disk1.vmdk disk1.img
qemu-img: error while reading
Install VirtualBox on WinXP 32-bit laptop. Share the VMDK files using Samba.
Attempt "VBoxManage clonehd" of "VB-disk1.vmdk",
V:\>"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VboxManage" clonehd VB-disk1.vmdk disk1.img --format raw
VBoxManage.exe: error: The medium 'V:\VB-disk1.vmdk' can't be used as the requested device type
VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code E_FAIL (0x80004005), component Medium, interface IMedium, callee IUnknown
Context: "OpenMedium(Bstr(pszFilenameOrUuid).raw(), enmDevType, AccessMode_ReadWrite, fForceNewUuidOnOpen, pMedium.asOutParam())" at line 210 of file VBoxManageDisk.cpp
Update UUID of VMDK,
V:\>"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VboxManage" internalcommands sethduuid VB-disk1.vmdk
UUID changed to: 73a7de22-6846-4868-9cd3-94bbf589d940
V:\>"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VboxManage" clonehd VB-disk1.vmdk disk1.img --format raw
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Clone hard disk created in format 'raw'. UUID: faf96692-93ed-477e-9d52-1ade05009
b60
V:\>"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VboxManage" internalcommands listpartitions -rawdisk disk1.img
Number Type StartCHS EndCHS Size (MiB) Start (Sect)
1 0x83 0 /1 /1 12 /254/63 101 63
2 0x8e 13 /0 /1 1023/254/63 10134 208845
[root@ovm]# file disk1.img
disk1.img: x86 boot sector; partition 1: ID=0x83, active, starthead 1, startsector 63, 208782 sectors; partition 2: ID=0x8e, starthead 0, startsector 208845, 20755980 sectors, code offset 0x48
[root@ovm]# fdisk -l disk1.img
last_lba(): I don't know how to handle files with mode 8180
You must set cylinders.
You can do this from the extra functions menu.
Disk disk1.img: 0 MB, 0 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 0 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
disk1.img1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
disk1.img2 14 1305 10377990 8e Linux LVM
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(1023, 254, 63) logical=(1304, 254, 63)
No UUID issues with "VB-disk2.vmdk" proceed with "clonehd",
V:\>"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VboxManage" clonehd VB-disk2.vmdk disk2.img --format raw
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Clone hard disk created in format 'raw'. UUID: de21cd38-494d-49df-81b4-c3fd3c8c67ae
V:\>"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VboxManage" internalcommands listpartitions -rawdisk disk2.img
Number Type StartCHS EndCHS Size (MiB) Start (Sect)
1 0x8e 0 /0 /2 1023/254/63 61439 1
[root@ovm]# file disk2.img
disk2.img: LVM2 (Linux Logical Volume Manager) , UUID: VbrZ2qmX6kQU2os4ye7xncrd4y4NEe5
[root@ovm]# fdisk -l disk2.img
last_lba(): I don't know how to handle files with mode 81e4
You must set cylinders.
You can do this from the extra functions menu.
Disk disk2.img: 0 MB, 0 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 0 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
disk2.img1 1 7833 62914559+ 8e Linux LVM
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(1023, 254, 63) logical=(7832, 127, 39)
Configure HVM "vm.cfg",
# (H)ardware (V)irtual (M)achine configuration
# /etc/xen/xmexample.hvm
kernel = '/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader'
builder = 'hvm'
memory = '4096'
device_model ='/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
# PXE boot
#bootloader = '/usr/bin/pypxeboot'
#bootloader = '/usr/bin/pygrub'
# Virtual block device configuration using file:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/$VM_PATH/$VM_NAME/System.img bs=1M count=$MB
# disk = [ 'file:/$VM_PATH/$VM_NAME/System.img,ioemu:hda,w', ]
# Configuration using physical disk logical volume:
# lvcreate --size ${GB}G --name $VM_NAME $VG_NAME
# disk = [ 'phy:/dev/$VG_NAME/$VM_NAME,xvda,w',]
# CDROM configuration using file:
# disk = [ 'file:/$BOOT_ISO_NAME,hdc:cdrom,r', ]
disk = [ 'file:/OVS/disk1.img,ioemu:hda,w', 'file:/OVS/disk2.img,ioemu:hdb,w', ]
# Domain name
name = "foobar"
# Networking
# Network bridge status:
# /etc/xen/scripts/network-bridge status
# 'bridge' should be proper interface e.g. xenbr0
vif = ['type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0']
# boot on floppy (a), hard disk (c), Network (n) or CD-ROM (d)
# default: hard disk, cd-rom, floppy
boot = "cdn"
# Enable HV VNC console
vnc=1
vncunused=1
vnclisten="0.0.0.0"
vncpasswd=''
sdl=0
Update "grub.conf" and "device.map" using loopback mount of "disk1.img" boot partition,
[root@ovm]# mkdir boot
[root@ovm]# lomount -diskimage disk1.img -partition 1 boot
Excerpt "grub.conf",
[root@ovm]# cat boot/grub/grub.conf
title Oracle Linux Server (2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
Excerpt "Oracle Linux 5.7 Release Notes",
"Oracle Linux 5.7 ships with the following kernel packages
Unbreakable Enterprise kernel [kernel-uek-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek
Installed and booted by default"
Excerpt "Oracle Linux 5.7 Release Notes",
"Known Issues
Hardware virtualized (HVM) guests with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel always use paravirtualized (PV) drivers
Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel version kernel-uek-2.6.32-100.34.1 adds support for paravirtualized drivers in a HVM guest on Oracle VM. Starting with this kernel version, the default is to present only paravirtualized drivers when running in a hardware virtualized guest. To run kernel-uek --including the drivers-- fully hardware virtualized, an additional kernel boot parameter "xen_emul_unplug=never" must be added to the boot parameters in /etc/grub.conf:
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-100.34.1.el5uek ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 xen_emul_unplug=never
Adding this kernel boot parameter makes the kernel also present the emulated drivers as it did before (e.g. the 8139cp network driver). "
Update "grub.conf" to boot non-UEK kernel,
[root@ovm]# grep ^default boot/grub/grub.conf
default=1
[root@ovm# cat boot/grub/device.map
# this device map was generated by anaconda
(hd0) /dev/sda
[root@ovm]# cat boot/grub/device.map
# this device map was generated by anaconda
(hd0) /dev/hda

Answer 1

I have had success importing VirtualBox images of OEL 6.4, but I am unable to import Solaris 11 VMs to OVM. When I import a Solaris 11 VM, the grub menu comes up. I select Solaris 11 and press enter. The OS begins to boot and progresses through to this point:
SunOS Release 5.11 Version 11.1 64-bit
Copyright (c) 1983, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
It is at this point that console window in OVM goes black and OVM registers the shutdown of the VM. I have not been able to get the VM to boot any further through the sequence.
Can you give me some grub configuration changes to try?