Importing OVA in RHV fails with "no ovf:Name"

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Issue

  • Importing vendor-supplied VMWare OVA image into RHV fails with the following error in the vdsm logs:
V2VError: Error parsing ovf information: no ovf:Name
  • When attempting to load an OVA the following error appears: "Failed to load VM configuration from OVA file: /localpath/vendor-appliance.ova". The message in the event log states:
VDSM host2 command failed: Error parsing ovf information: no ovf:Name

Environment

  • Red Hat Virtualization 4.0

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