I think that ofvtool is a great tool to move VM between ESXi and ESX servers.
I need to convert a VM with several snapshots, and I would like to keep them: how can I tell ovftool to keep snapshots while coreting the .ovf or .ova files?
When importing it I want to see all my snapshots.
Regards
marius
Hello,
I'm attempting to do a vmware to ovf converstion. However, I'm receiving some fairly generic errors from ovftool and was hoping I could get some help.
Here are the console messages when I attempt to convert:
[root@provisionvrpt ~]# /usr/bin/ovftool --machineOutput --X:logToConsole=true /var/lib/vmware/Virtual\ Machines/vm/test.vmx /var/lib/vmware/Virtual\ Machines/vmovf/test.ovf
[2011-08-16 00:42:55.990 B7FAC6D0 verbose 'ovftool'] Subscribing to signal: 2 (SIGINT)
[2011-08-16 00:42:55.990 B7FAC6D0 verbose 'ovftool'] Subscribing to signal: 4 (SIGILL)
[2011-08-16 00:42:55.990 B7FAC6D0 verbose 'ovftool'] Subscribing to signal: 6 (SIGABRT)
[2011-08-16 00:42:55.990 B7FAC6D0 verbose 'ovftool'] Subscribing to signal: 8 (SIGFPE)
[2011-08-16 00:42:55.990 B7FAC6D0 verbose 'ovftool'] Subscribing to signal: 15 (SIGTERM)
[2011-08-16 00:42:55.990 B7FAC6D0 verbose 'ovftool'] Subscribing to signal: 1 (SIGHUP)
[2011-08-16 00:42:55.990 B7FAC6D0 verbose 'ovftool'] Subscribing to signal: 3 (SIGQUIT)
[2011-08-16 00:42:55.990 B7FAC6D0 verbose 'ovftool'] Subscribing to signal: 5 (SIGTRAP)
[2011-08-16 00:42:55.990 B7FAC6D0 verbose 'ovftool'] Subscribing to signal: 9 (SIGKILL)
[2011-08-16 00:42:55.991 B7FAC6D0 verbose 'ovftool'] Subscribing to signal: 13 (SIGPIPE)
[2011-08-16 00:42:55.991 B7FAC6D0 verbose 'ovftool'] [ovfTool.cpp] Using home directory /root/.ovftool
[2011-08-16 00:42:55.991 B7FAC6D0 verbose 'ovftool'] [ovfTool.cpp] OvfTool Environment:
/X:fencedMode = "bridged"
/X:imageReadSize = "262144"
/X:logToConsole = "true"
/X:maxNumberOfTermSignals = "5"
/X:maxRedirects = "256"
/X:maximalDeltaConfSize = "8"
/X:maximalDeltaTreeSize = "6"
/X:progressSmoothing = "60"
/X:vimSessionTimeout = "600"
/authdPortSource = "902"
/authdPortTarget = "902"
/machineOutput = "true"
/prgPath = "/opt/vmware/ovftool"
/source = "/var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines/vm/test.vmx"
/target = "/var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines/vmovf/test.ovf"
[2011-08-16 00:42:56.000 B7FAC6D0 verbose 'ovftool'] [ovfTool.cpp] Done initializing libs
[2011-08-16 00:42:56.000 B7FAC6D0 verbose 'ovftool'] [ovfTool.cpp] Determining source
[2011-08-16 00:42:56.212 B7FAC6D0 verbose 'ovftool'] [ovfTool.cpp] Determining target
[2011-08-16 00:42:57.488 B7FAC6D0 verbose 'ovftool'] Failed to open disk: /var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines/vm/test.vmdk
[2011-08-16 00:42:57.488 B7FAC6D0 verbose 'ovftool'] Exception: The specified virtual disk needs repair
Error: Failed to open disk: test.vmdk
[2011-08-16 00:42:57.493 B7FAC6D0 verbose 'ovftool'] Backtrace:
[00] rip 050210b3
[01] rip 04eb6e9e
[02] rip 04e55ec2
[03] rip 081c014b
[04] rip 08310271
[05] rip 08311b54
[06] rip 0831ad24
[07] rip 0831b1f7
[08] rip 0831b74c
[09] rip 081f871a
[10] rip 0816fa45
[11] rip 080cd318
[12] rip 0317be9c
[13] rip 080ae4f1
But when I attempt to repair the disk, I get the following:
vmware-vdiskmanager -R /var/lib/vmware/Virtual\ Machines/vm/test.vmdk
No errors were found on the virtual disk, '/var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines/vm/test.vmdk'.
Any help would be apprecaited. Is there a way to increase the verbosity of the logging?
Here is my ovftool version info: VMware ovftool 2.0.1 (build-260188)
Thanks!
Contents too long on my OVF descriptor?
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>ovftool --X:logToConsole y:\A10\A10.vmdk y:\A10.ovf
[2011-08-30 13:10:49.390 05232 verbose 'ovftool'] Subscribing to signal: 2 (SIGI
NT)
[2011-08-30 13:10:49.391 05232 verbose 'ovftool'] Subscribing to signal: 4 (SIGI
LL)
[2011-08-30 13:10:49.391 05232 verbose 'ovftool'] Subscribing to signal: 22 (SIG
ABRT)
[2011-08-30 13:10:49.391 05232 verbose 'ovftool'] Subscribing to signal: 8 (SIGF
PE)
[2011-08-30 13:10:49.391 05232 verbose 'ovftool'] Subscribing to signal: 15 (SIG
TERM)
[2011-08-30 13:10:49.392 05232 verbose 'ovftool'] [ovfTool.cpp] Using home direc
tory C:\Users\vmtech\AppData\Roaming\VMware\ovftool.cfg
[2011-08-30 13:10:49.392 05232 verbose 'ovftool'] [ovfTool.cpp] OvfTool Environm
ent:
/X:fencedMode = "bridged"
/X:imageReadSize = "262144"
/X:logToConsole = "true"
/X:maxNumberOfTermSignals = "5"
/X:maxRedirects = "256"
/X:maximalDeltaConfSize = "8"
/X:maximalDeltaTreeSize = "6"
/X:progressSmoothing = "60"
/X:vimSessionTimeout = "600"
/authdPortSource = "902"
/authdPortTarget = "902"
/prgPath = "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool"
/source = "y:\A10\A10.vmdk"
/target = "y:\A10.ovf"
[2011-08-30 13:10:49.400 05232 verbose 'ovftool'] [ovfTool.cpp] Done initializin
g libs
[2011-08-30 13:10:49.400 05232 verbose 'ovftool'] [ovfTool.cpp] Determining sour
ce
[2011-08-30 13:10:49.434 05232 verbose 'ovftool'] [ovfTool.cpp] Determining targ
et
Opening OVF source: y:\ACCCRC10\ACCCRC10.vmdk
[2011-08-30 13:10:50.035 05232 verbose 'ovftool'] Failed to open OVF descriptor:
Contents too long
Error: Failed to open OVF descriptor
[2011-08-30 13:10:50.071 05232 verbose 'ovftool'] Backtrace:
backtrace[00] rip 000000000260ffba Vmacore::System::Stacktrace::CaptureFullWork
backtrace[01] rip 0000000002555bb8 Vmacore::System::SystemFactoryImpl::CreateFil
eWriter
backtrace[02] rip 000000000255614e Vmacore::System::SystemFactoryImpl::CreateBac
ktrace
backtrace[03] rip 000000000250eaeb Vmacore::Throwable::Throwable
backtrace[04] rip 00000001402382ce (no symbol)
backtrace[05] rip 0000000071646f60 tanhf
backtrace[06] rip 0000000071613b3c _is_exception_typeof
backtrace[07] rip 00000000770265c1 RtlRestoreContext
backtrace[08] rip 000000014004148f (no symbol)
backtrace[09] rip 000000014000cf5e (no symbol)
backtrace[10] rip 00000001401ee722 (no symbol)
backtrace[11] rip 0000000076ecbe3d BaseThreadInitThunk
backtrace[12] rip 0000000077006611 RtlUserThreadStart
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>
Hi , there !
i got problem when i deploy a .ova file , when the process of deploying is around 98 99 % an error comes say u can't go any farther !!!
this is a complete log of what it says !!!
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C:\Documents and Settings\SOLMATE\Desktop>"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool\ovftool.exe" --X:logToConsole "K:\Win 2008 X64 -Sharepoint 2 - IP_65.122 200G -8G(Ram).ova" k:\'
"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool\ovftool.exe"' is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file.
C:\Documents and Settings\SOLMATE\Desktop>"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool\ovftool.exe" --X:logToConsole "K:\Win 2008 X64 -Sharepoint 2 - IP_65.122 200
G -8G(Ram).ova" k:\
2011-09-28T11:38:38.318+03:30 [05000 verbose 'Default'] Subscribing to signal: 2 (SIGINT)
2011-09-28T11:38:38.318+03:30 [05000 verbose 'Default'] Subscribing to signal: 4 (SIGILL)
2011-09-28T11:38:38.318+03:30 [05000 verbose 'Default'] Subscribing to signal: 22 (SIGABRT)
2011-09-28T11:38:38.318+03:30 [05000 verbose 'Default'] Subscribing to signal: 8 (SIGFPE)
2011-09-28T11:38:38.318+03:30 [05000 verbose 'Default'] Subscribing to signal: 15 (SIGTERM)
2011-09-28T11:38:38.318+03:30 [05000 verbose 'Default'] [ovfTool.cpp] Using home directory C:\Documents and Settings\SOLMATE\Application Data\VMware\ovftool.cfg
2011-09-28T11:38:38.318+03:30 [05000 verbose 'Default'] [ovfTool.cpp] OvfTool Environment:
--> /X:httpTimeout = "600"
--> /X:imageReadSize = "262144"
--> /X:logToConsole = "true"
--> /X:maxNumberOfTermSignals = "5"
--> /X:maxRedirects = "256"
--> /X:maximalDeltaConfSize = "8"
--> /X:maximalDeltaTreeSize = "6"
--> /X:progressSmoothing = "60"
--> /X:useMacNaming = "false"
--> /X:vCloudKeepTemplate = "true"
--> /X:vCloudTimeout = "3600"
--> /X:vimSessionTimeout = "600"
--> /authdPortSource = "902"
--> /authdPortTarget = "902"
--> /fencedMode = "bridged"
--> /prgPath = "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool"
--> /source = "K:\Win 2008 X64 -Sharepoint 2 - IP_65.122 200G -8G(Ram).ova"
--> /target = "k:\"
-->
2011-09-28T11:38:38.396+03:30 [05000 verbose 'Default'] [ovfTool.cpp] Done initializing libs
2011-09-28T11:38:38.396+03:30 [05000 verbose 'Default'] [ovfTool.cpp] Determining source
2011-09-28T11:38:38.396+03:30 [05000 verbose 'Default'] [ovfTool.cpp] Determining target
Opening OVA source: K:\Win 2008 X64 -Sharepoint 2 - IP_65.122 200G -8G(Ram).ova
2011-09-28T11:38:38.490+03:30 [05000 verbose 'Default'] OVF Descriptor: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
--> <!--Generated by VMware VirtualCenter Server, User: Administrator, UTC time: 2011-07-30T02:20:18.871093Z-->
--> <Envelope vmw:buildId="build-345043" xmlns="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1" xmlns:cim="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/common" xmlns:ovf="http:
//schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1" xmlns:rasd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_ResourceAllocationSettingData" xmlns:vmw="http://www.vmware.com/schema/ovf" xmlns:vssd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_VirtualSystemSettingData" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
--> <References>
--> <File ovf:href="Win_2008_X64_-Sharepoint_2_-_IP_65.122__200G_-8G(Ram)-disk1.vmdk" ovf:id="file1" ovf:size="30856148480" />
--> <File ovf:href="Win_2008_X64_-Sharepoint_2_-_IP_65.122__200G_-8G(Ram)-file1.iso" ovf:id="file2" ovf:size="3735289856" />
--> </References>
--> <DiskSection>
--> <Info>Virtual disk information</Info>
--> <Disk ovf:capacity="200" ovf:capacityAllocationUnits="byte * 2^30" ovf:diskId="vmdisk1" ovf:fileRef="file1" ovf:format="http://www.vmware.com/interfaces
/specifications/vmdk.html#streamOptimized" ovf:populatedSize="45460160512" />
--> </DiskSection>
--> <NetworkSection>
--> <Info>The list of logical networks</Info>
--> <Network ovf:name="LAN">
--> <Description>The LAN network</Description>
--> </Network>
--> </NetworkSection>
--> <VirtualSystem ovf:id="Win 2008 X64 -Sharepoint 2 - IP:65.122 200G -8G(Ram)">
--> <Info>A virtual machine</Info>
--> <Name>Win 2008 X64 -Sharepoint 2 - IP:65.122 200G -8G(Ram)</Name>
--> <OperatingSystemSection ovf:id="1" vmw:osType="windows7Server64Guest">
--> <Info>The kind of installed guest operating system</Info>
--> <Description>Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)</Description>
--> </OperatingSystemSection>
--> <VirtualHardwareSection>
--> <Info>Virtual hardware requirements</Info>
--> <System>
--> <vssd:ElementName>Virtual Hardware Family</vssd:ElementName>
--> <vssd:InstanceID>0</vssd:InstanceID>
--> <vssd:VirtualSystemIdentifier>Win 2008 X64 -Sharepoint 2 - IP:65.122 200G -8G(Ram)</vssd:VirtualSystemIdentifier>
--> <vssd:VirtualSystemType>vmx-07</vssd:VirtualSystemType>
--> </System>
--> <Item>
--> <rasd:AllocationUnits>hertz * 10^6</rasd:AllocationUnits>
--> <rasd:Description>Number of Virtual CPUs</rasd:Description>
--> <rasd:ElementName>4 virtual CPU(s)</rasd:ElementName>
--> <rasd:InstanceID>1</rasd:InstanceID>
--> <rasd:ResourceType>3</rasd:ResourceType>
--> <rasd:VirtualQuantity>4</rasd:VirtualQuantity>
--> </Item>
--> <Item>
--> <rasd:AllocationUnits>byte * 2^20</rasd:AllocationUnits>
--> <rasd:Description>Memory Size</rasd:Description>
--> <rasd:ElementName>8192MB of memory</rasd:ElementName>
--> <rasd:InstanceID>2</rasd:InstanceID>
--> <rasd:ResourceType>4</rasd:ResourceType>
--> <rasd:VirtualQuantity>8192</rasd:VirtualQuantity>
--> </Item>
--> <Item ovf:required="false">
--> <rasd:Address>0</rasd:Address>
--> <rasd:Description>USB Controller</rasd:Description>
--> <rasd:ElementName>USB controller</rasd:ElementName>
--> <rasd:InstanceID>3</rasd:InstanceID>
--> <rasd:ResourceType>23</rasd:ResourceType>
--> </Item>
--> <Item>
--> <rasd:Address>0</rasd:Address>
--> <rasd:Description>SCSI Controller</rasd:Description>
--> <rasd:ElementName>SCSI controller 0</rasd:ElementName>
--> <rasd:InstanceID>4</rasd:InstanceID>
--> <rasd:ResourceSubType>lsilogicsas</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>5</rasd:InstanceID>
--> <rasd:ResourceType>5</rasd:ResourceType>
--> </Item>
--> <Item>
--> <rasd:Address>0</rasd:Address>
--> <rasd:Description>IDE Controller</rasd:Description>
--> <rasd:ElementName>IDE 0</rasd:ElementName>
--> <rasd:InstanceID>6</rasd:InstanceID>
--> <rasd:ResourceType>5</rasd:ResourceType>
--> </Item>
--> <Item>
--> <rasd:AddressOnParent>0</rasd:AddressOnParent>
--> <rasd:ElementName>Hard disk 1</rasd:ElementName>
--> <rasd:HostResource>ovf:/disk/vmdisk1</rasd:HostResource>
--> <rasd:InstanceID>7</rasd:InstanceID>
--> <rasd:Parent>4</rasd:Parent>
--> <rasd:ResourceType>17</rasd:ResourceType>
--> </Item>
--> <Item>
--> <rasd:AddressOnParent>0</rasd:AddressOnParent>
--> <rasd:AutomaticAllocation>true</rasd:AutomaticAllocation>
--> <rasd:ElementName>CD/DVD Drive 1</rasd:ElementName>
--> <rasd:HostResource>ovf:/file/file2</rasd:HostResource>
--> <rasd:InstanceID>8</rasd:InstanceID>
--> <rasd:Parent>5</rasd:Parent>
--> <rasd:ResourceType>15</rasd:ResourceType>
--> </Item>
--> <Item>
--> <rasd:AddressOnParent>7</rasd:AddressOnParent>
--> <rasd:AutomaticAllocation>true</rasd:AutomaticAllocation>
--> <rasd:Connection>LAN</rasd:Connection>
--> <rasd:Description>E1000 ethernet adapter on "LAN"</rasd:Description>
--> <rasd:ElementName>Network adapter 1</rasd:ElementName>
--> <rasd:InstanceID>9</rasd:InstanceID>
--> <rasd:ResourceSubType>E1000</rasd:ResourceSubType>
--> <rasd:ResourceType>10</rasd:ResourceType>
--> </Item>
--> <Item ovf:required="false">
--> <rasd:AddressOnParent>0</rasd:AddressOnParent>
--> <rasd:AutomaticAllocation>false</rasd:AutomaticAllocation>
--> <rasd:Description>Floppy Drive</rasd:Description>
--> <rasd:ElementName>Floppy drive 1</rasd:ElementName>
--> <rasd:InstanceID>10</rasd:InstanceID>
--> <rasd:ResourceType>14</rasd:ResourceType>
--> </Item>
--> </VirtualHardwareSection>
--> </VirtualSystem>
--> </Envelope>
Opening VMX target: k:\
2011-09-28T11:38:44.896+03:30 [05000 verbose 'Default'] Creating disk k:\Win 2008 X64 -Sharepoint 2 - IP_65.122 200G -8G(Ram)\Win 2008 X64 -Sharepoint 2 - IP_65.122 200G -8G(Ram)-disk1.vmdk, 419430400 sectors, lsilogicWriting VMX file: k:\Win 2008 X64 -Sharepoint 2 - IP_65.122 200G -8G(Ram)\Win 2008 X64 -Sharepoint 2 - IP_65.122 200G -8G(Ram).vmx
2011-09-28T11:38:46.802+03:30 [05000 verbose 'Default'] Using file size as progress measure Disk Transfer Failed Error: Invalid access to memory location.
2011-09-28T11:38:46.865+03:30 [05000 verbose 'Default'] Backtrace:
--> backtrace[00] rip 0175fd23 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[01] rip 0166eb5e (no symbol)
--> backtrace[02] rip 0166f801 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[03] rip 0162f99a (no symbol)
--> backtrace[04] rip 01626bc2 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[05] rip 0175f44b (no symbol)
--> backtrace[06] rip 01673622 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[07] rip 0176f018 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[08] rip 0041a76e (no symbol)
--> backtrace[09] rip 0047fb6a (no symbol)
--> backtrace[10] rip 00480c62 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[11] rip 0041e4d5 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[12] rip 0043de50 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[13] rip 00467136 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[14] rip 004674bd (no symbol)
--> backtrace[15] rip 00418474 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[16] rip 004186f4 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[17] rip 005e82ff (no symbol)
--> backtrace[18] rip 7c817067 (no symbol)
-->
2011-09-28T11:38:46.865+03:30 [05000 verbose 'Default'] Deleting file: k:\Win 2008 X64 -Sharepoint 2 - IP_65.122 200G -8G(Ram)\Win 2008 X64 -Sharepoint 2 - IP_65.122 200G -8G(Ram)-disk1.vmdk
Deleting directory: k:\Win 2008 X64 -Sharepoint 2 - IP_65.122 200G -8G(Ram)
Completed with errors
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Ps : i can't deploy my ova file with deploy OVF Template... in Esx and neither with ovatool !!
any idea ?
Hi all,
I am trying to implement an OVF support for some virtualization software, which is using raw images for disks. I use qemu-img to convert raw images to vmdk format. Then I use ovftool to convert ovf file into vmware instance.
When the file I have is a simple ovf descriptor + manifest + disk - all is fine, it works even if I'm using qemu-img without "compat6" option
When the disk is compressed or the OVF package is packed into OVA - there are errors being thrown. Moreover when I create OVA package with no disk, the conversion works.
Here is the fragment of results for the OVA file:
Writing VMX file: test_ova.vmx [2011-10-03 16:34:35.685 7F097D2C1720 verbose 'ovftool'] Using file size as progress measure Disk progress: 0%[2011-10-03 16:34:35.685 7F097D2C1720 verbose 'ovftool'] Ovf::GetFileSource as StreamVmdk failed. Exception: Cannot open disk source: Not a supported disk format (sparse VMDK version too old) Disk Transfer Failed Error: Failed to open source disk: 3f66f54d-a9fa-4aa8-806d-d757d6f34a59.disk0.vmdk [2011-10-03 16:34:35.685 7F097D2C1720 verbose 'ovftool'] Backtrace: [00] rip 00007f09767453e4 [01] rip 00007f09765e99d4 [02] rip 00007f097658e038 [03] rip 00000000004fef51 [04] rip 000000000054aaa5 [05] rip 000000000054ae78 [06] rip 000000000049c41a [07] rip 00007f0974e62c4d [08] rip 000000000047ec7a [2011-10-03 16:34:35.685 7F097D2C1720 verbose 'ovftool'] Deleting file: ./test_ova-disk1.vmdk
Same fragment when I unpack OVA and then run ovftool on the .ovf file:
Writing VMX file: test_ovf.vmx [2011-10-03 16:35:53.934 7F7E899C4720 verbose 'ovftool'] Using file size as progress measure Disk progress: 0%[2011-10-03 16:35:53.935 7F7E899C4720 verbose 'ovftool'] Ovf::GetFileSource as StreamVmdk failed. Exception: Cannot open disk source: Not a supported disk format (sparse VMDK version too old) Disk progress: 99%[2011-10-03 16:35:54.106 7F7E899C4720 verbose 'ovftool'] Ovf::GetFileSource: Opened 3f66f54d-a9fa-4aa8-806d-d757d6f34a59.disk0.vmdk as diskLib source [2011-10-03 16:35:54.106 7F7E899C4720 verbose 'ovftool'] Opening disk target /xcinstall-1.corp.google.com/VirtualLsiLogicController0:0 Disk Transfer Completed Completed successfully
Thank you.
Hi All,
Good Day to you.
OVF template deployment is taking lot of time to deploy new VM. Is there any way to upload OVF template on datastore and deploy vm from there.
Please need your support and suggestion.
Regards,
Baswaraj
which ovftool
does not find a match after I have installed the latest version of the tool. The User Guide does not specify where it is installed on OSX. How do I validate that it was installed correctly? I'm using OSX 10.7.x
Each search for my question leads me here; I found a similar issue, but have been getting consistent failures.
I have a server VM that is in ESXi 4.1.0 502767 that I have exported to OVF Template using vSphere 5.0, then either directly in VMware Workstation 8.0.1 528992 or using ovftool 2.1.0 (build-467744) I get failures. The first failure was "target does not support CPU validation".
Following a thread I found in this list, I attempted to comment out the CpuCompatibilitySection and deleting the .mf file. This resulted in a parse error.
My next attempt was to simply delete the CpuCompatibilitySection from the .ovf file, which it appeared to do something, created a .vmx file and reported successful completion, but when trying to open the .vmx file, I get an internal error.
I also tried to do an open of the ovf file with Workstation and it appears to complete, but fails on open with again an internal error.
I've restarted Workstation and tried to open the ovf file, which appeared to complete. Including the ovftool.log and what appears to be the session log.
I'm running VMware Workstation on an HP xw6600 workstation with 8G under Windows 7 Enterprise x64.
The goal is to export a copy of a production VM server to workstation to test a software upgrade locally as I have in the past.
If there is a better way to get a copy to my workstation, please direct me to the appropriate how-to references.
Thanks!
--alan
When I try to export one of my VMs using File/Export/Export OVF Template....it crashes vSphere with a nice assertion window.
To see what the cause of this is, I decided to try using ovftool 2.1.0 on Linux to export the VM instead, to see what happens (like does it crash ovftool?).
I got stuck though because when I log into the vCenter I have to specify a domain\username format and I can't figure out how to pass this to ovftool in a way that doesn't cause errors.
For example, I tried things like this:
# ovftool vi://myvcenter.domain.com/DataCenterName/vm/
Username: MYDOMAIN\Administrator
Password: whatever
Didn't work, I don't think it likes the backslash.
So I tried stuffing it in a variable:
# DF="MYDOMAIN\Administrator"
# ovftool vi://"$DF"@myvcenter.domain.com/DataCenterName/vm/
Error: Curl error: Couldn't connect to server
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
CJ
I've got a number of VM''s running that I've created or converted from physical machines but a software supplier gave me a zip file that contains;
a .ovf, .mf and and .vmdk file
I'm running the free version of esxi3.5 - how do I do about imprting/migrating, etc... these files into my esxi 3.5 server?
thanks in advance.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>ovftool --machineOutput --acceptAllEula
s --verifyOnly E:\vmdk2008\Windows2008\Windows2008P2V.vmx vcloud://suresh:suresh1@10.137.90.73:443?vapp=my_test1_tempst1_temp
ERROR
+ <Errors>
+ <Error>
+ <Type>ovftool.system.error</Type>
+ <LocalizedMsg>
+ Incorrect login: vcloud://10.137.90.73/
+ </LocalizedMsg>
+ </Error>
+ </Errors>
RESULT
+ ERROR
But my login credentials are correct(VCD user details). Do I need to do any thing specifically
Hello all,
I have a linux VM on a remote ESXi 5 host that I have installed OVFtool. That same linux vm has a local "win2k8.ova" ova file. Here is the command i'm trying to use:
ovftool -ds=DS1 -n=MSRVR01 win2k8.ova vi://root:password@172.16.100.20
and get the following message:
Error: Found wrong kind of object (ResourcePool). Possible completions are:
But this is a single ESXi host without any ResourcePools. How do i get around this?
Thanks,
Nick
Hello
I've looked around in the forums, but couldn't find a resolution to this problem. I'm using ovftool (the latest version - 2.1.0) to deploy an ova consisting of 3 VMs to an ESXi 4.1 server, via a vcenter. I see frequent stalls in the data transfer from the vcenter to the server (did a packet capture), and ovftool frequently (but not always) gives up at some random point through the transfer, complaining that it encountered an unexpected end of stream.
Here's the commandline I'm using:
ovftool --name=foo --X:logToConsole=True --X:logLevel="verbose" --diskMode=thin --net:"VM Network"="VM Network" --vmFolder=bar --skipManifestCheck myova.ova vi://user:pass@localhost/my_dc/host/my_host/Resources/my_pool
Here's a log snippet if it might help:
2012-09-11T07:13:01.767-07:00 [07668 verbose 'Default'] [ViConnection] Using vim API version: 5.0
2012-09-11T07:13:01.891-07:00 [07384 warning 'Libs'] Encountered other certificate error: 27
2012-09-11T07:13:01.891-07:00 [07384 warning 'Libs'] Encountered other certificate error: 27
2012-09-11T07:13:01.938-07:00 [07668 verbose 'HttpConnectionPool'] HttpConnectionPoolImpl created. maxPoolConnections = 1; idleTimeout = 900000000; maxOpenConnections = 1; maxConnectionAge = 0
2012-09-11T07:13:01.954-07:00 [07668 verbose 'Default'] Keeping VI session alive
Opening VI target: vi://user:pass@localhost:443/my_dc/host/my_host/Resources/my_pool
2012-09-11T07:13:02.016-07:00 [07384 warning 'Libs'] Encountered other certificate error: 27
2012-09-11T07:13:02.016-07:00 [07384 warning 'Libs'] Encountered other certificate error: 27
Deploying to VI: vi://user:pass@localhost:443/my_dc/host/my_host/Resources/my_pool
2012-09-11T07:13:10.471-07:00 [07668 verbose 'Default'] Using file size as progress measure
Disk progress: 02012-09-11T07:13:10.518-07:00 [07668 verbose 'Default'] Opening disk target /nut4/client/VirtualLsiLogicController0:0
2012-09-11T07:13:10.534-07:00 [07384 verbose 'Default'] CURL: => Send header POST /nfc/52d3abc1-5c67-3e19-1db6-88303c597203/disk-0.vmdk HTTP/1.1
--> User-Agent: VMware-client/4.0.0 (ovfTool; libcurl)
--> Host: 1.1.1.2
--> Accept: */*
--> Transfer-Encoding: chunked
--> Content-Type: application/x-vnd.vmware-streamVmdk
-->
-->
2012-09-11T07:13:35.010-07:00 [07384 verbose 'Default'] Curl_perform error code 55 (Failed sending data to the peer)
Disk Transfer Failed
Error: Internal error: Unexpected end of stream
Interestingly, if I use the vsphere client to deploy the ova, it goes through quicker and I haven't seen it fail (I need to use ovftool to automate deployment).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
There is unfortunately a bug in OVF Tool 3.0.1 on Mac that causes OVF Tool not to work if the current directory is not the same as the installation directory! For example, if you have made a symbolic link to OVF Tool or have OVF Tool in the path, you will see the following error:
It appears that ovftool 3.0.1 has an issue while specifying the target datastore when importing an OVF when the VI is a vCenter 5.0 server with ESX 5.0 Update 1 hosts that have a large number of Datastores. The cluster where this problem occurs has 148 Datastores.
Some datastores work, most don't. This is a new problem since ovftool 2.0.1 worked fine when this cluster was at ESX 4.0 Update 3.
An example statement that will cause the problem (with all names replaced with "test" names):
"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool\ovftool.exe" --acceptAllEulas --name="TestVM" --datastore="TestDatastore" --network=TestNetwork --vmFolder="TestFolder" http://192.168.0.1/public/ovfs/testvm.ovf vi://"username:password"@vcenter.test.com/"Data Center"/host/"HA and DRS"/Resources/"Test Resource Pool"
hi everyone
im trying to install Solar Winds virtualization manager on my Esxi 3.5.
The appliance is on OVA format.
i got o File--> Virtual Appliance -->Import-->Import the file and i get the next error: An error occurred while parsing the OVF descriptor: System out of memory exeption.
Then i try to extract the ova file, and i get 4 new files, one of them a OVF. then i try to use it and i get the the next error: An error occurred while parsing the OVF descriptor : Unable to parse xml element ´Envelope´.
This is a OVF version error, 3.5 use a older version of OVF, (0.9 i think).
I dont know how to install this appliance , i hope u can help me.
SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH!!!
I am trying to deploy OVAs using ovftool 3.0.1 to an ESXi 5.1 host. When deploying VCSA 5.1.0b it works as expected with the following command:
I have confirmed that I can deploy the OVA manually. I have also confirmed the MD5SUM and tried the --disableVerification flag on ovftool. Any idea what I am missing?
Hi,
I have an ova file created for a virtual machines that has 6 virtual disks. All disks were on different datastores. When I import that ova I'd like a way for the vdisks to not all end up in one datastore, but on specific datastores. I'm currently running vSphere 5.1. My reason for this is that certain datastores are on high performance disks, and I would like the imported VM to also utilize those high performance disks. There doesn't appear to be a way to edit while doing the import. There also doesn't appear to be a way to edit the virtual machine and change it's datastores after I have created it. The last thing I can find to try is to use the datastore browser to move these virtual disks to the appropriate datastores, but looks like an ugly way to do it. Does anyone have any other ideas on how to do this with ova file?
I switched to ova files because I wanted a nice compressed package to deliver the my virtual machine examples (they're thick provisioned because I want to encourage our customers to utilize thick provisioned drives). Any ideas on a better way to distribute these example VM's so that the underlying storge defaults are saved?
Thanks for any suggestions,
Mark
I'm trying to import an OVA file with settable OVF properties for configuration (product key, network configuration) into vCloud with ovftool. It seems from the documentation that I should be using the --prop option to set these values, but they don't seem to get passed through vCloud to the deployed vApp, and the system gives an error about unconfigured properties when it tries to start up. I can go in the vCloud interface and manually enter them for my vApp, but I was hoping to automate the process with ovftool.
At first I thought the issue was that the properties where at the VM level instead of the vApp level, but changing the OVA in vSphere to move the properties to the vApp itself produces the same result. Using the same command to import the OVA directly into vSphere correctly sets the properties with either version.
Is setting of OVF properties for vCloud supported by ovftool? If so, what is the correct syntax?
Currently running:
ovftool -o --acceptAllEulas --prop:productkey="XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX" --prop:ipaddress="10.146.3.1" --prop:netmask="255.255.0.0" --prop:gateway="10.146.1.254" vApp.ova vcloud://vclouddirector?org=IT&vdc=IT&catalog=IT&vapp=test1
Thanks.
I converted a Virtual Machine installed on a ESX 3.5 server to a virtual
appliance (*.ovf ) file using the OVFTOOL1.0.Now I am trying to
convert this virtual appliance to deploy as a virtual machine on a
different ESX server using same converter 4.0.1 and it is not working.
I get following error
Error: Failed to clone disk C:\Documents and
Settings\*\Desktop\*\viso.vmdk on the virtual machine 'viso'.
If I try
importing the same virtual appliance viso.ovf file with VMware Infrastructure client 2.5 I get
the following error "An
error occured while parsing the OVF descriptor: Unable to parse xml element 'Envelop'"
Please suggest what might be wrong. I am stuck and need help. I will need to make the VM from OVF file with Any UI Deployer
Thanks,
Lachi