[Bug 2062552] Re: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Cloud Image ova error during deployment

[John Chittum]

Thank you for checking Aditya. I'll leave this open till you get some
guidance from VMware regarding any changes in Cloud Director that may be
affecting serial console connections.

I've also added this to our 24.04 release notes (to be published soon
for the clouds). Thank you a bunch for trying out 24.04 so that we can
help others if they see this as well!

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Title:
  Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Cloud Image ova error during deployment

Status in cloud-images:
  New
Status in livecd-rootfs package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Cloud Image daily (20240416)
  File: noble-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova
  Error: OVF's rasd item with instance ID=4 has invalid serial port config.
  Deploy to: VMware Cloud Director 10.4.2.22463311, VMware ESXi, 7.0.3, 20842708

  Detail debug: 
  com.vmware.vcloud.api.presentation.service.BadRequestException: OVF's rasd item with instance ID=4 has invalid serial port config.
  	at com.vmware.vcloud.fabric.storage.copy.impl.OvfTransferManagerImpl.validateSerialPortConfig(OvfTransferManagerImpl.java:737)
  	at com.vmware.ssdc.backend.services.impl.VAppUploadManagerImpl.handleUploadOvfDescriptor(VAppUploadManagerImpl.java:2180)
  	at com.vmware.ssdc.backend.services.impl.VAppUploadManagerImpl.handleUploadBody(VAppUploadManagerImpl.java:2060)
  	at com.vmware.ssdc.backend.services.impl.VAppUploadManagerImpl.handleUpload(VAppUploadManagerImpl.java:1957)
  	at com.vmware.ssdc.backend.services.impl.VAppUploadManagerImpl.executeTask(VAppUploadManagerImpl.java:5285)
  	at com.vmware.vcloud.backendbase.management.system.TaskActivity$ExecutePhase$1.doInSecurityContext(TaskActivity.java:828)
  	at com.vmware.vcloud.backendbase.management.system.TaskActivity$ExecutePhase$1.doInSecurityContext(TaskActivity.java:823)
  	at com.vmware.vcloud.backendbase.management.system.SecurityContextTemplate.executeForOrgAndUser(SecurityContextTemplate.java:49)
  	at com.vmware.vcloud.backendbase.management.system.TaskActivity$ExecutePhase.execute(TaskActivity.java:830)
  	at com.vmware.vcloud.backendbase.management.system.TaskActivity$ExecutePhase.invokeInner(TaskActivity.java:726)
  	at com.vmware.vcloud.backendbase.management.system.TaskActivity$TaskActivityBasePhase.invoke(TaskActivity.java:342)
  	at com.vmware.vcloud.activity.executors.ActivityRunner.runPhase(ActivityRunner.java:175)
  	at com.vmware.vcloud.activity.executors.ActivityRunner.run(ActivityRunner.java:112)
  	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515)
  	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
  	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)
  	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
  	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829)

  It appears that .ovf file contains serial port configuration.
        <Item ovf:required="false">
          <rasd:AutomaticAllocation>false</rasd:AutomaticAllocation>
          <rasd:ElementName>serial0</rasd:ElementName>
          <rasd:InstanceID>4</rasd:InstanceID>
          <rasd:ResourceSubType>vmware.serialport.device</rasd:ResourceSubType>
          <rasd:ResourceType>21</rasd:ResourceType>
          <vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="yieldOnPoll" vmw:value="false" />
        </Item>

  OVF file shouldn't include serial port:
  https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2128084

  I was able to deploy the cloud image after removing serial port
  configuration from the ovf file.

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