Re: Having trouble importing VM

OK, I'm really not experienced here, but I decided to compare disk-related sections of the ovf-file for a VM that worked, vs. one for the VM that failed.

One that worked contained this in the ovf-xml:

      <Item>

        <rasd:Address>0</rasd:Address>

        <rasd:Description>SCSI Controller</rasd:Description>

        <rasd:ElementName>SCSI controller 0</rasd:ElementName>

        <rasd:InstanceID>3</rasd:InstanceID>

        <rasd:ResourceSubType>lsilogic</rasd:ResourceSubType>

        <rasd:ResourceType>6</rasd:ResourceType>

      </Item>

      <Item>

        <rasd:Address>1</rasd:Address>

        <rasd:Description>IDE Controller</rasd:Description>

        <rasd:ElementName>IDE 1</rasd:ElementName>

        <rasd:InstanceID>4</rasd:InstanceID>

        <rasd:ResourceType>5</rasd:ResourceType>

      </Item>

The one that failed (which all my posts above relate to) contained:

      <Item>

        <rasd:AddressOnParent>0</rasd:AddressOnParent>

        <rasd:ElementName>Hard disk 1</rasd:ElementName>

        <rasd:HostResource>ovf:/disk/vmdisk1</rasd:HostResource>

        <rasd:InstanceID>8</rasd:InstanceID>

        <rasd:Parent>3</rasd:Parent>

        <rasd:ResourceType>17</rasd:ResourceType>

        <vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="backing.writeThrough" vmw:value="false" />

      </Item>

      <Item>

        <rasd:AddressOnParent>1</rasd:AddressOnParent>

        <rasd:ElementName>Hard disk 2</rasd:ElementName>

        <rasd:HostResource>ovf:/disk/vmdisk2</rasd:HostResource>

        <rasd:InstanceID>9</rasd:InstanceID>

        <rasd:Parent>3</rasd:Parent>

        <rasd:ResourceType>17</rasd:ResourceType>

        <vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="backing.writeThrough" vmw:value="false" />

      </Item>

      <Item>

        <rasd:AddressOnParent>2</rasd:AddressOnParent>

        <rasd:ElementName>Hard disk 3</rasd:ElementName>

        <rasd:HostResource>ovf:/disk/vmdisk3</rasd:HostResource>

        <rasd:InstanceID>10</rasd:InstanceID>

        <rasd:Parent>3</rasd:Parent>

        <rasd:ResourceType>17</rasd:ResourceType>

        <vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="backing.writeThrough" vmw:value="false" />

      </Item>

      <Item>

        <rasd:AddressOnParent>3</rasd:AddressOnParent>

        <rasd:ElementName>Hard disk 4</rasd:ElementName>

        <rasd:HostResource>ovf:/disk/vmdisk4</rasd:HostResource>

        <rasd:InstanceID>11</rasd:InstanceID>

        <rasd:Parent>3</rasd:Parent>

        <rasd:ResourceType>17</rasd:ResourceType>

        <vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="backing.writeThrough" vmw:value="false" />

      </Item>

What might these refer to:          <vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="backing.writeThrough" vmw:value="false" />

Could they have led something to be put into the vmx-files and other contents of the VM-files that get built by the import, that's causing me a problem?  I don't understand the structure well enough to know what to look for.

Thanks,

Bill