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Error importing OVA file to AWS: Client error saved empty is empty

Posted on 13/12/201817/08/2026 Christian By Christian No Comments on Error importing OVA file to AWS: Client error saved empty is empty
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AWS import issues - OVA

An OVA file is an Open Virtualization Appliance that contains a compressed, “installable” version of a virtual machine. When you open an OVA file it extracts the VM and imports it into whatever virtualization software you have installed on your computer. In this article, we shall discuss “Error importing OVA file to AWS: Client error saved empty is empty”. Please see How to extend System Drive Partition on Windows. Here is how to Run MBR and GPT conversion with the best GPT converter, and how to uninstall AWS CLI in Windows.

Basically, when you import or export a virtual machine (VM). Most of the errors you will encounter will be attributed to doing something that isn’t supported. To avoid these errors, make sure to check the requirements and limitations carefully.

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Fix AWS Client error saved empty is empty

This is one of the problems I ran into while importing an Ova File to AWS. Client error: saved empty is empty”. To fix this issue, please use the AWS license type AWS instead of BYOD.

Use AWS license type AWS instead of BYOD

Yeah, if you import an image with “–license-type AWS”. AWS will activate windows by using their KMS every time server boots up.

Note: This is completed by ec2config service or ec2launch(2016). See check logs to find how Ec2WindowsActivate plugin works. To change this behavior, please modify config.xml of ec2config.

Note: If you import an image with “–license-type BYOL”. AWS ec2config or ec2launch will ignore windows activation which makes you need to have your own licenses.

Note: AWS hourly rate gonna be higher than BYOL. In case you wish to learn more, please refer to this link. Other possible reason for this error could be due “The grub system may not be supported” or the “The OS version is not supported” . But this is not applicable to me

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