The VM could not be imported; the end of the file was reached prematurely

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I am trying to transfer VMs from XenServer 5.6 to XenServer 6.0.

I exported the VMs from XenServer 5.6 to .xva files on my desktop. Then when I tried to import one into XenServer 6.0, this error message appeared:

The VM could not be imported; the end of the file was reached prematurely.

What does that mean? When I tried to export it to another XenServer 5.6 the same message appeared.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 22 '11 at 14:05

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If your desktop is a windows and you xva file is larger than 4GB, it will be truncated to a 4GB file. Try to copy it on the fly from one server to another via scp

me@oldxen:~$ scp file.xva me@newxen:/path/to/copy/the/file/on/.

answered Dec 22 '11 at 14:05

m0ntassar

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Only if he's using FAT32. Though file corruption does seem a likely cause. – Dan Dec 22 '11 at 14:11
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indeed, 16GB for NTFS Filesystem – m0ntassar Dec 22 '11 at 14:14
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More like 16TB! – Dan Dec 22 '11 at 14:21

The VM could not be imported; the end of the file was reached prematurely

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