How to import OVA file into vSphere (VMWare)

General Questions
1

Hi,

I want to import the OVA Appliance, version 2.41.2, into my Virtual Infrastructure VMWare (vSphere 7.x).

But I have the following error message :
The provided manifest file is invalid: Invalid OVF checksum algorithm: SHA1 .

I need help
Regards
Olivier

2

Hello @Olivier_Studer

Try using SHA256 because some old versions of vSphere don’t support SHA1.

You can convert the ova file with ovftool:
Example:

./ovftool --shaAlgorithm=SHA256 /path/pmm-server-2.41.0.ova /path/pmm-server-2.41.0_sha256.ova
Opening OVA source: /path/pmm-server-2.41.0.ova
The manifest validates
Opening OVA target: /path/pmm-server-2.41.0_sha256.ova
Writing OVA package: /path/pmm-server-2.41.0_sha256.ova
Transfer Completed
Completed successfully

You can change the SHA algorithm with this option between SHA1, SHA256 and SHA512:

--shaAlgorithm      : Select SHA digest algorithm when creating
                      OVF package. Supported values are SHA1,
                      SHA256 and SHA512. Default value is SHA256.
3

Hi,

After convert the OVA with your command and with success, I’m not able to import the OVA into vSphere. The new error is:
Issues detected with selected template. Details: - -1:-1:VALUE_ILLEGAL: No supported hardware versions among [virtualbox-2.2]; supported: [vmx-04, vmx-07, vmx-08, vmx-09, vmx-10, vmx-11, vmx-12, vmx-13, vmx-14, vmx-15, vmx-16, vmx-17, vmx-18, vmx-19].

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I need more help
Regards
Olivier