OVF Tool memory range error
I'm using the ovf tool to convert a virtual appliance to virtual machine format and getting a memory size limitation error based on the OVF source. The source ovf file specifies 4GB of memory for...
View ArticleFailed to import OVF 1.0 image into an ESX 3.5 server using ovftool 1.0
I followed the ovftool 1.0 user's guide to try to import an OVF 1.0 image into an ESX 3.5 server, the ovftool command I ran is like below: C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>ovftool.exe...
View ArticleOVFTOOL Deployment - syntax determination problem
I have a vApp which consists of an OVF file and three VMDK files, one for each VM. All VMDK files are co-resident with the OVF file. NOTE: This vApp deploys successfully from vSphere 4.0 client....
View ArticleCan't import OVA in to a folder
I an trying to inport an OVA file in to a precreated folder named test under a datacenter. I have created a fold under vCenterServer/datacenter/host/test and running the below command. ovftool...
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OVFTool not working at all
I just downloaded ovftool and installed it on our vCenter server (VirtualCenter 2.5) . I'm trying to convert a VMX to OVF and when I run the tool it tries to open the VMX source and then just returns...
View ArticleError: Locale Initialization Failed
Hello I installed ovftool on SLES 11 SP1 but when I try to use it....says Error: Locale Initialization Failed =(
View ArticleDeploy an OVF template
I am using the OVFTOOL as follows: ovftool myvm.ovf vi://DataCenter/192.168.XX.XX?ds=store Result: Opening OVF Source : myvm.ovf Error: Succes What does this mean?? =(
View ArticleOVF and BIOS Settings
Hi, is it possible to include the nvram-file in the OVF-File oder how to tranport BIOS-Settings with OVF. regards.Hans-PeterTAM, EMEA-CentralVMware
View ArticleScripting ovftool
I need to write a script to remotely shotdown a guest VM, export it to .ova format an restart it.Is there any sample I can start from?Regardsmarius
View Articleovftool slow speed and Win7 virtual machine
Hi, I am using the ovftool v2.0.1 64bit to automatically create the OVA files from the virtual machines created by the workstation 7.1 and have two big problems:The ovftool don't know the gestos =...
View ArticleDeploy ovf to a resource pool
Hi, Ive read through the pdf and have tried a few different ways but couldnt figure it out. I was curious if anyone could give me an example syntax of deploying an ovf into a resource pool on the...
View ArticleGot Problem with converting Ova to VMx
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 !!!...
View ArticleBug in GET requests for ovftool 2.1.0?
Hello All, Would like to submit the possibility of a bug in ovftool 2.1.0. Keeping things simple, we have a "fileserver" of ovfs/vmdks and our commands to ovftool started breaking after ugrading to...
View ArticleOVFtool "IO Error" when .ova is 99% extracted
I'm trying to convert a .ova into a .vmx using OVFTool 2.1.0 but after reaching 99% I get an "IO Error"/Disk Transfer Failed and then the .vmx is deleted. During the extraction process everything...
View ArticleTrying to create an OVF file
To whom may help, I’m currently trying to get an ovf file created from the command line. At the moment I am using ovftools, I’ve tried multiple variations on getting this to work but maybe I’m just...
View ArticleOVFTool Export Job Dies
Hello, I'm trying to export a VM as an OVA from an ESXi 4.0 host through our vCenter Server again version 4.0. At present my command looks like this: ovftool.exe vi://<IP Address>/<...
View Articlegiving Connect error when converting Win2K8 by vConverter
Was giving an SSL error, now giving a connecgt error. No firewall involved. I wonder Windows does not have ssh, so, why is vConverter using ssh. Any help much appreciated. Section for VMware vCenter...
View ArticleLarge OVF imports into vCloud Director 1.0.1 fail, smaller imports succeed
I'm getting wildly different results while importing large OVF file into vCloud Director 1.0.1 via the ovftool than when performing the upload of the same OVF via the native JAva tool within vCloud...
View ArticleDeploy OVA to ESXi 5 host directly
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...
View Article3.0.1 download?
I see that 3.0.1 came out on the 9.10.2012 but I don't see a place to download it. Any help? For reference:http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/ovf/ showed 3.0.1 and had the new docs but no download.
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