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

hello.

         I create a ova file from my ESXi 5.0.0 with ovftool 2.1.0-467744, then I deploy this ova file into ESXi 5.0.0 is success and work well.

But I can't deploy the same ova file into VMWare Player with ovftool 2.1.0-467744 installed. Why?

         Anybody has any idea? Thanks.

Best Regards,

I have a VM that I exported as an OVA as a "Just in Case" backup a while ago.  Today I had to use it and I cannot import it.

There was an ISO mounted when I did the export and it exported the ISO as well.  The error I get is when it tries to access the ISO, it fails.

I downloaded OVFtool in the hopes I could strip the ISO from the OVA, but I am getting an error trying to use the --noImageFiles option.  it tells me:

Is it possible to remove this ISO?

After searching through the forum I uninstalled OVFtool from my E: drive and put it on C: with the same result.  Here is the logToConsole:

E:\ESX\OVA's>ovftool --X:logToConsole Win7-Tax64.ova test.ova

2012-03-09T17:08:08.405-05:00 [08672 verbose 'Default'] Subscribing to signal: 2

(SIGINT)

2012-03-09T17:08:08.405-05:00 [08672 verbose 'Default'] Subscribing to signal: 4

(SIGILL)

2012-03-09T17:08:08.405-05:00 [08672 verbose 'Default'] Subscribing to signal: 2

2 (SIGABRT)

2012-03-09T17:08:08.405-05:00 [08672 verbose 'Default'] Subscribing to signal: 8

(SIGFPE)

2012-03-09T17:08:08.405-05:00 [08672 verbose 'Default'] Subscribing to signal: 1

5 (SIGTERM)

2012-03-09T17:08:08.406-05:00 [08672 verbose 'Default'] [ovfTool.cpp] Using home

directory C:\Users\ItsTooHot\AppData\Roaming\VMware\ovftool.cfg

2012-03-09T17:08:08.406-05:00 [08672 verbose 'Default'] [ovfTool.cpp] OvfTool En

vironment:

--> /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 = "Win7-Tax64.ova"

--> /target = "test.ova"

-->

2012-03-09T17:08:08.412-05:00 [08672 verbose 'Default'] [ovfTool.cpp] Done initi

alizing libs

2012-03-09T17:08:08.412-05:00 [08672 verbose 'Default'] [ovfTool.cpp] Determinin

g source

2012-03-09T17:08:08.412-05:00 [08672 verbose 'Default'] [ovfTool.cpp] Determinin

g target

Opening OVA source: Win7-Tax64.ova

2012-03-09T17:08:08.479-05:00 [08672 verbose 'Default'] OVF Descriptor: <?xml ve

rsion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

--> <!--Generated by VMware VirtualCenter Server, User: ItsTooHot, UTC time: 201

2-03-02T23:49:58.21025Z-->

--> <Envelope vmw:buildId="build-345043" xmlns="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/enve

lope/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/wsci

m/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/C

IM_VirtualSystemSettingData" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instanc

e">

-->   <References>

-->     <File ovf:href="Win7-Tax64-disk1.vmdk" ovf:id="file1" ovf:size="80291440

64" />

-->     <File ovf:href="Win7-Tax64-file1.iso" ovf:id="file2" ovf:size="331949670

4" />

-->   </References>

-->   <DiskSection>

-->     <Info>Virtual disk information</Info>

-->     <Disk ovf:capacity="70" ovf:capacityAllocationUnits="byte * 2^30" ovf:di

skId="vmdisk1" ovf:fileRef="file1" ovf:format="http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/

specifications/vmdk.html#streamOptimized" ovf:populatedSize="18292015104" />

-->   </DiskSection>

-->   <NetworkSection>

-->     <Info>The list of logical networks</Info>

-->     <Network ovf:name="VM Network">

-->       <Description>The VM Network network</Description>

-->     </Network>

-->   </NetworkSection>

-->   <VirtualSystem ovf:id="Win7-Tax64">

-->     <Info>A virtual machine</Info>

-->     <Name>Win7-Tax64</Name>

-->     <OperatingSystemSection ovf:id="1" vmw:osType="windows7_64Guest">

-->       <Info>The kind of installed guest operating system</Info>

-->       <Description>Microsoft Windows 7 (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>Win7-Tax64</vssd:VirtualSystemIdentifi

er>

-->         <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>2 virtual CPU(s)</rasd:ElementName>

-->         <rasd:InstanceID>1</rasd:InstanceID>

-->         <rasd:ResourceType>3</rasd:ResourceType>

-->         <rasd:VirtualQuantity>2</rasd:VirtualQuantity>

-->       </Item>

-->       <Item>

-->         <rasd:AllocationUnits>byte * 2^20</rasd:AllocationUnits>

-->         <rasd:Description>Memory Size</rasd:Description>

-->         <rasd:ElementName>2048MB of memory</rasd:ElementName>

-->         <rasd:InstanceID>2</rasd:InstanceID>

-->         <rasd:ResourceType>4</rasd:ResourceType>

-->         <rasd:VirtualQuantity>2048</rasd:VirtualQuantity>

-->       </Item>

-->       <Item>

-->         <rasd:Address>0</rasd:Address>

-->         <rasd:Description>SCSI Controller</rasd:Description>

-->         <rasd:ElementName>SCSI controller 0</rasd:ElementName>

-->         <rasd:InstanceID>3</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>4</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>5</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>6</rasd:InstanceID>

-->         <rasd:Parent>3</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>7</rasd:InstanceID>

-->         <rasd:Parent>4</rasd:Parent>

-->         <rasd:ResourceType>15</rasd:ResourceType>

-->       </Item>

-->       <Item>

-->         <rasd:AddressOnParent>7</rasd:AddressOnParent>

-->         <rasd:AutomaticAllocation>true</rasd:AutomaticAllocation>

-->         <rasd:Connection>VM Network</rasd:Connection>

-->         <rasd:Description>E1000 ethernet adapter on "VM Network"</rasd:Descr

iption>

-->         <rasd:ElementName>Network adapter 1</rasd:ElementName>

-->         <rasd:InstanceID>8</rasd:InstanceID>

-->         <rasd:ResourceSubType>E1000</rasd:ResourceSubType>

-->         <rasd:ResourceType>10</rasd:ResourceType>

-->       </Item>

-->     </VirtualHardwareSection>

-->   </VirtualSystem>

--> </Envelope>

Opening OVA target: test.ova

2012-03-09T17:08:08.490-05:00 [08672 verbose 'Default'] Closing writer. Locator:

test.ovf (SHA1: 352f265785c162cd8bf180f257a7876dbacf34c4, Written bytes: 4962)

2012-03-09T17:08:08.491-05:00 [08672 verbose 'Default'] Closing writer. Locator:

test.mf (SHA1: 05aeacecbe7778a0bfa4bc10ab9f6e6fc713aaa9, Written bytes: 184)

Writing OVA package: test.ova

2012-03-09T17:08:08.492-05:00 [08672 verbose 'Default'] Using file size as progr

ess measure

Disk Transfer Failed

Error: Invalid access to memory location.

2012-03-09T17:08:08.495-05:00 [08672 verbose 'Default'] Backtrace:

--> backtrace[00] rip 000000000047693a (no symbol)

--> backtrace[01] rip 000000000034d008 (no symbol)

--> backtrace[02] rip 000000000034dc1e (no symbol)

--> backtrace[03] rip 00000000003011cb (no symbol)

--> backtrace[04] rip 0000000000475df3 (no symbol)

--> backtrace[05] rip 000000000048a2fc (no symbol)

--> backtrace[06] rip 000000014001d7ab (no symbol)

--> backtrace[07] rip 000000014009b945 (no symbol)

--> backtrace[08] rip 000000014009ce71 (no symbol)

--> backtrace[09] rip 0000000140022137 (no symbol)

--> backtrace[10] rip 0000000140049b91 (no symbol)

--> backtrace[11] rip 000000014007e8b2 (no symbol)

--> backtrace[12] rip 000000014007ed6d (no symbol)

--> backtrace[13] rip 000000014001af6f (no symbol)

--> backtrace[14] rip 000000014001b76a (no symbol)

--> backtrace[15] rip 000000014025f62e (no symbol)

--> backtrace[16] rip 0000000076d9652d (no symbol)

--> backtrace[17] rip 00000000770dc521 (no symbol)

-->

2012-03-09T17:08:08.496-05:00 [08672 verbose 'Default'] Deleting file: test.ova

Completed with errors

E:\ESX\OVA's>

When I try to fun ovftool from the terminal I get the error message

'ovftool: command not found'

i.e. m'ovftool Photo_[Work]/VirtualBoxMachines/copyxp\ Base\ V.vmx Photo_[Work]/VBConversions/xpvb.ovf'

???

Thanks.

Pedro

Hi,

I am trying to convert <http://download.oracle.com/otn/other/servers-storage/storage/open-storage/sunstorage7000/SunStorageVBox.zip> into a format that VMware could use. I tried the latest version of the VMware OVF Tool but it fails. Neither using the settings "--lax" helps nor does converting the virtual machine to OVF version 0.9 (via VirtualBox' im- and export functions).

Does anyone know how I could run this simulator within VMware?

Best regards!

Hi All,

I am trying to create an OVF using vSphere client with additional properties.

I want that during import of this OVF ( using vSphere client ) a dailog should come asking for IP configuration for eth3 only.

i.e. My VM has 4 network cards. Of which only eth3 is mapped to vSwitch0 of the ESX and is only visible to the external world.

I created new property types by following:

RightClick on VM -> Edit Settings -> options -> Advanced -> Properties

Related part of the exported ovf looks like:

{{{

</ProductSection>
    <ProductSection ovf:class="vami" ovf:instance="VAS_SMS">
      <Info>Information about the installed software</Info>
      <Category>Networking Properties</Category>
      <Property ovf:key="DNS" ovf:type="string" ovf:userConfigurable="true">
        <Label>DNS</Label>
        <Description>The domain name servers for this VM (comma separated).</Description>
      </Property>
      <Property ovf:key="Gateway" ovf:type="string" ovf:userConfigurable="true" ovf:value="xx.xx.xx.xx">
        <Label>Gateway</Label>
        <Description>Gateway address for this VM</Description>
      </Property>
      <Property ovf:key="ip3" ovf:type="string" ovf:userConfigurable="true">
        <Label>Network 3 IP Address</Label>
        <Description>The IP address for this interface</Description>
      </Property>
      <Property ovf:key="netmask3" ovf:type="string" ovf:userConfigurable="true" ovf:value="xx.xx.xx.xx">
        <Label>Network 3 Netmask</Label>
        <Description>The netmask  for this interface.</Description>
      </Property>
    </ProductSection>

}}}

But when I import this ovf using vpshere client, The wizard shows this network properties dialog , after I give the IP in there, The VM is not taking it. !!!

Any ideas.??

I hope I am clear enough in explaining my issue.

Thanks

Nikunj

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

Hi,

I have an OVF file that refeneces a disk image from a webserver, e.g.:

<File ovf:href="http://myserver/cdrom.iso" ovf:id="file1"/>

When i try to deploy this OVF to a vSphere server, it fails at the disk transfer stage... it looks to me like ovftool is treating it like a local file:

$ ovftool my.ovf vi://root:@172.26.0.172

Opening OVF source: my.ovf

Warning: No manifest file

Opening VI target: vi://root@172.26.0.172:443/

Deploying to VI: vi://root@172.26.0.172:443/

Disk Transfer Failed

Error: Failed to open file: cdrom.iso

Here is the output with logging enabled:

When an OVF is deployed from a local file, does it mean the references also need to be local? I had a quick read of the OVF spec and it seems like file reference can be anywhere... local, relative, http or https... any ideas?

In order to run our VM on Workstation 9 and ESX 5.1 it is necessary to enter the following in our .vmx file:

timeTracker.lazyApic = "FALSE"

This is necessary to keep the timer ticks from being consolidated and not delivered in a timely fashion.

How do I convert this into an entry in our .ovf file template?

Thanks.

Hello:

I am working in a Windows environment with ovftool 3.01.

When running the ovftool in a directory that contains an ovf and a .ovftool file, the ovftool does not seem to pick up the local configuration file.

> ovftool --help config

This will show as "Currently no local configuration options in .ovftool"

I have tried a number of permutations: ".ovftool", "<name>.ovftool", even "ovftool.cfg" on the off chance it is looking for the global name.

But none of these options work.

When I move the file to C:\Documents and Settings\$USERNAME\VMware\ovftool.cfg, which makes it global, it works just fine. So, I know the file is working.

But I am managing dozens of unique OVAs, and so having the local configuration option would be most helpful.

Am I misnaming the local config? Or is this a known bug or linux-only feature?

Thanks,

Andrew

Hi,

I am getting below error while depoying a OVF template. Please suggest.

Failed to Deploy:Unable to access file: server1.vmdk.
The process cannot access the file "fullpath of vmdkfile\server1.vmdk' because it is being used by another process.

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.

Hi,

I wrote some Ruby code that creates the the .cert file of my ovf. I used ovftool to create the .cert file. The two files differ slightly. The one created by my Ruby code is rejected when I try to deploy my ovf in vsphere client. The one created by ovftool works fine.

Here are the signatures in the two .cert files:

SHA1(custom-signed.mf)= 2fbcd216cc3916bceff51ed178779beaf1191e61c7a1f2375717bf9da489f9ff3a3c2710e0d159d9e14b12bc5121e12b75e275cc8323025d54b1ca313dfc7708bacf29927a3ebd31bb9bd3c162572c1657099d48b885eacb5e30e791ddba164bc8527b7c0b917cb1fa7aef6b2e2acfa2c2e06646b65fab77303049

SHA1(custom-signed.mf)= 2fbcd216cc3916bceff51ed178779beaf1191e61c7a1f2375717bf9da489f9ff3a3c2710e0d159d9e14b12bc51210e12b705e275cc08323025d54b1ca313dfc7708bacf299270a030ebd31bb9bd3c162572c01657099d48b885eacb5e300e7091ddba164bc8527b7c0b917cb01fa7aef6b2e2acfa2c2e06646b65fab77303049

The first signature was created by the Ruby code. The second was created by ovftool. The difference between the two is that the ovftool generated signature has some extra zeros in it.

Here's what the Ruby code looks like:

# read in the private key

pem = File.read('F:/temp/myvcops2/va/myvcops.pem')

private_key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(pem)

# read in the .mf manifest that we are about to sign

filename = 'F:/temp/myvcops2/va/output/custom-signed.mf'  

data = File.read(filename)

# sign the .mf file using the private key

sig = private_key.sign(OpenSSL::Digest::SHA1.new, data)

hex_sig = sig.to_s.each_byte.map { |b| b.to_s(16) }.join

puts "SHA1(#{File.basename(filename)})= #{hex_sig}\n"

Please help!

Thanks,

Gary

I have a setup where I am accessing vCenter and an ESXi host through a NAT layer. If I try to deploy directly to vCenter, ovftool automatically tries to connect to the ip address of the ESXi host behind the NAT layer, which fails.

It looks something like this:

[root@ovfimporter mnt]# date; ovftool --datastore="PayGo Storage" --net:"VLan 4=DedicatedPortGroup_NNNN" CUST/CUST.ovf vi://matthew.wallace@10.10.10.1/Customer\ Datacenter/host/PayGo\ Cluster/Resources/Paygo/NNNN\ \(abc44060-35dc-438a-8c79-6bc7586082ab\)/ ;date

Tue Oct  8 10:18:43 MDT 2013

Opening OVF source: CUST/CUST.ovf

The manifest validates

Enter login information for target vi://10.10.10.1/

Username: matthew.wallace

Password: *********

Opening VI target: vi://matthew.wallace@10.10.10.1:443/Customer%20Datacenter/host/PayGo%20Cluster/Resources/Paygo/NNNN%20(abc44060-35dc-438a-8c79-6bc7586082ab)/

Deploying to VI: vi://matthew.wallace@10.10.10.1:443/Customer%20Datacenter/host/PayGo%20Cluster/Resources/Paygo/NNNN%20(abc44060-35dc-438a-8c79-6bc7586082ab)/

Transfer Failed

Transfer Failed

Error: Lost connection to target

Completed with errors

Tue Oct  8 10:20:19 MDT 2013

Looking at netstat, I saw a hung connection to 443 of one of the ESX hosts in that PayGo Cluster:

In this case, 172.17.0.10 is the "real" IP of one of the esx hosts in the PayGo cluster managed by that vCenter, which I can reach from the client running the ovftool only by using the NAT ip of 10.10.10.100.

So, I tried to specify the external ip of that host. Per the ovftool 3.5 user guide:

Given that, I tried using several syntaxes:

ovftool --datastore="PayGo Storage" --net:"VLan 4=DedicatedPortGroup_NNNN" CUST/CUST.ovf vi://matthew.wallace@10.10.10.1/Customer\ Datacenter/host/PayGo\ Cluster/Resources/Paygo/NNNN\ \(abc44060-35dc-438a-8c79-6bc7586082ab\)/?ip=10.10.10.100

or even just the simplest version to see if I can get a prompt for going further down in the locator tree:

ovftool --datastore="PayGo Storage" --net:"VLan 4=DedicatedPortGroup_NNNN" "vi://matthew.wallace@10.10.10.1/?ip=10.10.10.100"

I invariably get a result like this:

The manifest validates

Enter login information for target vi://10.10.10.1/

Username: matthew.wallace

Password: *********

Error: Locator does not refer to an object: vi://matthew.wallace@10.10.10.1:443/?ip=10.10.10.100

Completed with errors

Outside of the brief mention of the "ip=xxx" param mentioned in the ovftool userguide I've been unable to find any reference to someone successfully using this parameter so I'm uncertain if this is a bug, my not understanding the intention of the parameter as specified in the OVF tool guide, or me using bad syntax.

Hello,

I am using vSphere ESX (4 or 5).

I am writing automatic scripts using esxcfg and ovftool (on windows) commands.

I have some questions:

1. How can i create Resource Pool's? (if it cannot be done using ovftool, is there another way? maybe using esxcfg?)

2. What is the exact syntax of ovftool to deploy under that Resource Pool?

I am looking for something like this:

ovftool --noImageFiles -ds=dsName --net:"Network1"="Network2" --name=MyVM "C:/MyVM.ovf" "vi://user:password@192.168.1.1/Resource/myResource"

or anything else that can help.

Thanks!

erelh

Greetings! Question in regards to OVFtool and how storage file systems are handled in VMWare.

I am using the OVFTool version 2.1.0 (Tried 3.5.0 with not much avail) to export multiple VMDK files or disks in a Virtual Machine (versions 7 and 8) to a multiple OVA files for each - at moment tool allows for consolidation of disks in a partitioned state into ONE OVA - Does anyone know of a work around or undocumented switch which can be used to create X # of virtual disks to X # of OVAs for import into another system?

Copying VMDKs is not a viable option in this case as want to remain with OVA standards.

Thank you!

Hi,


I have ovftool version (4.0.0).I am trying to create an ovf  of a VM with extra config parameters. How do i specify the exportFlags command line option to allows the config parameters to translate from the VM to the ovf ? The documentation says I need to specify a extraconfig vSphere source .


This works fine : ovftool --allowAllExtraConfig  --extraConfig:ethernet1.coalescingScheme=disabled --extraConfig:ethernet0.coalescingScheme=disabled


but this doesn't : ovftool --exportFlags=extraconfig 


I don't want to add the key:value in the command line , rather pick up these from the VM  I am using to create the ovf.


Is there something that I am missing out ?


Thanks in advance


 

Hi, does anyone know if there is a way to set the admin password for a virtual machine being deployed using the --prop options in the tool.


Thanks, Paul

HI, I am using ovf tool.exe to  upgrade of SSO from 5.5 to 6.0 on linux guest machine using windows as ovftool host as  but not able to get the proper command .


My current command looks like below -

ovftool X:logFile=C:\log.txt "X:logLevel=verbose"  --acceptAllEulas -ds=upgrade-3  --powerOn --X:waitForIp  C:\folder\VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-6.0._OVF10.ova   vi://root:vmware11@10.110.xx.xxx/

Please let me know if anyone has tried this earlier or any way to pass the config file as json or similar.


Any pointers will be much appriciated. Thanks in advance.


The log is as 


2015-03-11T00:09:02.524-07:00 verbose -[02872] Curl session torn down

2015-03-11T00:09:02.524-07:00 verbose -[02872] Using vim API version: 5.5

2015-03-11T00:09:02.619-07:00 verbose -[02872] Determine if server is a standalone host or vpxd

2015-03-11T00:09:02.619-07:00 verbose -[02872] Login to server based on username and password

2015-03-11T00:09:02.619-07:00 verbose -[02872] Setting VI connection message locale (via login) to: 

2015-03-11T00:09:02.620-07:00 verbose -[02872] HttpConnectionPoolImpl created. maxPoolConnections = 1; idleTimeout = 900000000; maxOpenConnections = 1; maxConnectionAge = 0

2015-03-11T00:09:18.754-07:00 verbose -[02872] Setup nfcService, used to get a ticket for uploading/downloading a disk.

2015-03-11T00:09:18.826-07:00 verbose -[02872] Get host or vc sslthumpprint.

2015-03-11T00:09:18.826-07:00 verbose -[02872] Keeping VI session alive

2015-03-11T00:09:18.849-07:00 verbose -[02872] Backtrace: 

F:\vcsa-cli-installer\win32\ovftool&gt;ovftool X:logFile=C:\log.txt "X:logLevel

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