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OVF tool fails to convert compressed OVF file to vmx

I have a compressed OVF file generated by OVF tool using "compress" option. However, I cannot convert the generated ovf file back to vmx. When I run OVF tool to perform conversion, it says "Disk...

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ovftool "locator does not refer to an object"

I am trying to create an OVF from a vm in vsphere - I'm running ovftool on a linux machine, and using the following syntax (I got this from the ovftool users guide):ovftool...

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Segmentation Fault when using vcloud target

I'm trying to use ovftool to automate OVA deployments to vCloud Director 5.1. I have installed ovftool 3.0.1 on Ubuntu and tested out some operations. Everything seems to work except that I always get...

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Custom OVF Property in my Virtual appliance

I'm trying to create an additional property in my VM that I build with VMware Studio so that I can use OVFTool to pass a value for the property when I deploy the VM to a vCenter. The property looks...

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sign an ovf

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...

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Does anyone know how to sign ova with timestamp?

I am creating ova file using VMware OVF tool .And I want to use public Code Signing Certificate like published by Globalsign or Verisign.But current OVF tool doucment is not introduce how to sign with...

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ovftool - Managing Resource Pools

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...

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OVA vs OVF in ovftool

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...

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ovftool 3.0.1 on Mac "Failed to open file" error

Hi, I am unable to convert the VM to OVF format. MyMac $ ovftool Windows\ 7.vmxError: Locale initialization failed.Completed with errors I followed the steps in other thread to fix locale issue, then I...

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Unsupported section "BootOrderSection" (Virtual hardware device boot order)

I have a Linux VM running on fusion, and using ovftool to convert this .vmx into .ovf, then import into a ESXi 5...unfortunately having this error message. I tried the -lax option, but doesn't help...I...

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OVF tool crashing?

 Anyone using OVF extensively?   Environment...  ESXi 4 box, with a single very simple VM, just a VM, no disks, nothing more than a VM shell really.ESXi 3.5 U 4 running a single VM, which has vCenter 4...

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Failure on disk import

Hello, I'm having some trouble getting both the vSphere Client and ovftool toimport my OVF's.  When using the vSphere Client, I successfully walk throughthe wizard to "Deploy OVF Template", I click...

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ovftool. Cannot execute binary file

I've downloaded the recent version of ovftool (VMware-OvfTool-1.0.0-117388.i386.tar.gz) to use it on VMWare ESX 3.5 server It shows the following error in CLI:   [root@vmserver ovftool]# ./ovftool...

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Signed OVA package verification with ovftool failed

Greetings!I'm currently trying to sign created OVA package with trusted certificate from Thawte.This cert is valid (till 2013) and could be easily verified with openssl (`openssl verify sign.cert`) or...

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ovftool fails with connection timeout problems or failed to respond. Ideas...

ovftool fails with a connection problem. The error message is below.Error: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properlyrespond after a period of time, or established...

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iso to ovf/ova? Can it be done?

 Hi I'm wondering if there is an automation tool/command(s) that will allow us (team of developers) to import/use a .iso file that contains 64bit OS and pass it through VMware ESXi or Server and then...

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Error: Locale Initialization Failed

 Hello   I installed ovftool on SLES 11 SP1 but when I try to use it....says Error: Locale Initialization Failed =(   

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OVA to VMX using OVFTool in Mac OSx Terminal Problem

Hello, I am new to OVFTool  and am having difficulty using it in Terminal on my MacBook Pro to convert an OVA (created by exporting my WinXp virtual machine from within VirtualBox), to a VMX file for...

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Deploy ovf from within the datastore help

Hi, I currently am trying to deploy an ovf onto an esxi machine. The ovf is currently located on the destination esxi machine. Here is the command I was trying to use: .\ovftool "https://<ip...

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Lost network connection data during the OVF conversion process

Hi all,My application converts an OVF format VM into VMX format, run a program to patch/insert fileinto the vmdk file, re-convert the VMX format back to OVF format. During the process, the original...

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