OVF OSX client ESXi5 host using for backup
Hi, I'm trying to understand how I would backup my ESXi5 VM using OVF command tool because when I login using VSphere it seems to keep breaking even when it's such a small VM (under 30GB) since I only...
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 ArticleAutomatic pre-installation of VMware Tools in an OVF
Hello, We use a script to generate a Linux OVF using VMware automation commands. We would like VMs created from this template on ESXi to have VMware Tools pre-installed and configured so that no extra...
View ArticleBest way to export a VM as an OVF/OVA ?
Hi All, Everytime I manually export a VM using vsphere client, I am getting the resultant ovf of much larger size. ( i.e. size of .vmdk's are much larger, increases by 10% everytime )I looked at...
View ArticleWhat is the purpose of the ISO?
Hi I did a conversion of a vm workstation vm to an OVF using ovftool (yuck, coammndline!!) At the end of this my Win7 x 86 vm had an ISO in it as well as the .ovf and .vmdk When i open the ISO it is a...
View Articleovftool - deploy vshield manager 5.1.2 to esxi 5.1 error
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: "/Applications/VMware OVF Tool/ovftool" --acceptAllEulas...
View Articleovftool deploy failing with "Network connection was lost"
Hey, Is anybody aware of what network flows exist when deploying an ovf file using ovftool through a vCenter? Right now ovftool is continually erroring out with the following message: Transfer Failed...
View ArticleOVFtool cannot authenticate to vcloud
I am atempting to connect to a vcloud instance to download an OVF and no matter what I cannot authenticate. Even if I manually input the userid and password it continues to prompt for them. I have...
View ArticleHow to upgrade hardwareversion
Hi i've an OVF virtual appliance with hardware version 4 how can i upgrade it to hardware version 7 and convert to OVA as well? it seems ovftools does not have the ability to upgrade to a higher...
View ArticleHow to use ovftool command line utility Video Tutorial
Hi, I have created a Video Tutorial for Beginners to show 'How to use ovftool command line utility' fosshelp: How to use ovftool command line utility https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuvHfB6BdJk Thanks,
View Articlefailed to upload template to vcloud director with ovftool 3.0.1
Hello There, OvfTool: 3.0.1vCloud Director(VCD): 5.1I use ovftool 3.0.1 to upload an ovf file to VCD and the server return error after upload completely.It works previously while use ovftool 2.1 with...
View ArticleValidations on OVF Properties
Hi, I am customizing an OVF template XML by adding OVF properties. I have a few questions related to validating the properties. 1) If a property doesn't succeed the validation test (say, it falls...
View ArticleOVF Bootstrap/Configuration Utility for Linux VM Guests
Hello all, I wanted to share an open source project, FVORGE, that we use in house to rapidly, and with repeatable consistency, deploy a Linux VM guest that will configure itself based on the set of OVF...
View ArticleCan not convert a VMX from vCenter server to a local vmx
I am trying to convent a vmx within vCenter server to a local vmx, i am trying with: ovftool.exe "vi://user:password@my_vCenterserver/may_datacenter?ds=[my_datastore] my_vm/my_vm.vmx" C:\ovfs\my_vm.vmx...
View ArticleIs it possible to create the vm using vmcreate.pl script without datacenter ?...
We are getting null response (No error) when create the vm without datacenter params..
View ArticleMigrate to another vCenter
Hi all, I have a "little" question. I have installed a new vCenter 5.5 in my farm and I would like to migrate all clusters/hosts to it. In my old vcenter there are a lot of vApps. How can migrate all...
View ArticleOVFTool: How to add description while exporting a VM as OVF file
I am using OVFTool to export a VM as an OVF file. I want to know if there is any way to add description during export. I can add EULA and other stuff but i am stuck at description.Adding description is...
View ArticleOVF Tool HELP!!!!!!
i installed the OVF tool yesterday, i followed every step in the "OVF Tool User Guide" and when i open the comman prompt and typed "ovftool" its work but when i retype again i get an error saying "no...
View Articleovftool download problem
Having problems installing VMware-ovftool-2.0.1-260188-lin.i386.sh on a linux host. When I try to install I get VMware OVF Tool 2.0 installer scriptCopyright VMware 2010.........extracting...
View Articleovftool import VM slow
Hi, Am I the only one that gets about 10Mbps (Megabits/second), or about 1MB/sec (megabyte/sec) throughput when using the ovftool to import a VM on a 1Gbps LAN? I would assume there is some type of...
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