ovftool - What is wrong with my command?
I have tried everything and having trouble with this command and here is the error I am getting. I have tried "--network=VM Network" and every option I can think of and those options seems correct...
View Articlerun ovftool error , anyone helps?
i am using ovftool (verisn 2.01), and i have got some error as below, anyone ever met these? SOS (1)command:"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool\ovftool.exe" --X:logToConsole...
View Articleovftool fails with curl error: couldn't connect to server
HI, I'm trying to create an OVF using ovftool 3.0.1. When I issue the ovftool command from the command line I get:Error: cURL error: Couldn't connect to serverCompleted with errors I used the...
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Simple creation of OVA from VMX on ESXi 5.1 vCenter
I give; I have spent too long attempting to find the magic decoder ring to get ovftool to do what I expect to be a very basic use case. My vCenter server is win2k8 R2 node, my host node is RHEL6.3, and...
View ArticleOVFtool error - Line 38: Unsupported value '16' for element 'VirtualQuantity'.
Hi Guys, I'm getting the below error when using the OVFtool to convert an OVA file to VMX. Error: - Line 38: Unsupported value '16' for element 'VirtualQuantity'.- Virtual machine has 16 virtual CPUs,...
View ArticleHow do I set target VM hostname when deploying OVA?
I'm deploying OVA files to a vCenter using ovftool; it's working perfectly, but I want to go the extra mile and automatically set the hostname of the VM after it is deployed. I found a reference to a...
View ArticleVMware Workstation Natively
okay, I know this isn't developed yet, but I thought I would ask about.first I love VMware workstation, amazing tool. and most VMware products are quick and easy for the average user. okay to meat of...
View ArticleOVA 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...
View ArticleUnsupported element 'Property' from ovftool and ESXi server
I'm trying to use the ovftool to import a OVA file into a ESXi server. However I get the following error Error: OVF Package is not supported by target: - Line 118: Unsupported element...
View ArticleHow to reduce the size of OVF file?
How to reduce the size of OVF file? I am very new to OVF template feature and I created an OVF file from windows 7 VM. I created this OVF file from vSphere client (5.1) by using the export template...
View ArticleHow do I keep vmxnet3 NIC type when exporting to OVF/OVA
Hi,I exported a VM from my ESXi 4.0.0 server using ovftool for Windows but the type of NIC seems to have been changed as part of the conversion. It was VMXNET3 on the host but ends up being VMXNET in...
View ArticleExport ESXi VM using ovftool in Linux
Hello, I am trying to use the ovftool in Linux to export a VM running on ESXi 4.0 to an OVF package with the following syntax: $ovftool "vi://root@192.168.X.XXX?ds=[datastore1]test-vm/test-vm.vmx"...
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...
View ArticleOVA 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...
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 2.1.0 `Error: Curl error: Coudn't resolve host name`
Greetings friends, I have installed ovftool on a Linux machine with SLES 11 SP1 x86_64 I am currently experimenting on how to use ovftool, as i'm a total newbie considering it's use. I currently have a...
View ArticleError loading Operating System
I recently had an issue where I exported a VM as an OVF using the vSphere client, a few weeks later I needed to import the VM back into our environment and after importing I received an "Error loading...
View ArticleCannot convert vmx to ova or ovf
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>ovftool RHEL5.vmx RHEL5.ovaOpening VMX source: RHEL5.vmxError: Failed to open file:...
View ArticleOVF Tool 3.0.1 Segmentation fault on linux
Running OVF Tool 3.0.1 on 32 bit CentOS 6 Linux 2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686 (download from VMWare site md5sum was checked ok) Tool starts up fine and is in the process of exporting a VM from one ESXi 4.1...
View Articleimport ova esx 3.5
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...
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