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Importing ovf to workstation 8 not working

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...

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giving 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...

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Large 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...

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Comment sauvegarder une VM équipée d'un périphérique SCSI avec ovftool ?

Bonjour à tous, Je travail actuellement sur le développement un script de sauvegarde de VM qui utilise l'outil OVFTOOL. Le script se déroule correctement pour des VM n'ayant pas de périphériques...

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No local configuration options in .ovftool

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...

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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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OVFtool 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...

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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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ovftool add description when exporting ova

I want to edit the description filed when exporting an ova file. With export-vapp, it is pretty straightforward, just specify a parameter called “description”. like export-vapp -Description “abcd”. Is...

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Not able use the ipaddress and netmask properties from ovf using ovftool

OVF Command option:ovftool.exe "--acceptAllEulas=true" "--name=Robo_Naren_vApp_Temp" "--datastore=fiddleback-esx2:storage1" "-dm=thin" "--network=VM-Network" "C:/appliance-main-image-8.0.0.3.0.ova"...

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Is there a way to disable Settings - Options - Vmware Tools - advanced

We have requirement to disable the option of Auto upgrade so that user cannot change it. Please provide the option which I can set at vmx file so that ovf will have the option disable.Is there a way to...

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OvfTool - Resource Switch not working.

Hi, Thanks in advance for any help that can be given with this, Have been looking at rolling out .ovf VM's as part of a automation project. What we are trying to do is roll out two servers to a...

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How to correctly run a .py python script at bootup

Hi all ...I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post this question and I'm hoping someone could plase advise me as to how to do this.I created a nested ESXi 5.5b VM.The VM is not connected to a...

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Migrate 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...

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ovftool command line on Win 7 unable to process backsplash in...

Hi VMWare experts, I am having problem with automation script because the string passed in the ovftool command uses credential vsphere.local\userXYZ instead of just userXYZ It appears that the...

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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...

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Cannot convert an other26xlinux-64 guest from VMX to OVF

I'm not sure if this is a bug or I'm missing something, but if I create a VMX using the "Other 2.6.x Linux (64-bit)" guest type (so that guestOS is "other26xlinux-64"), and then convert it to OVF via...

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VMware OVF Tool

Experts,I downloaded and installed VMware OVF Tool i am running Vmware Workstation 9. I am trying to figure out how to use VMware OVF Tool and create my VMs. Any help with this ? Regards,SD

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ovftool - Defining the 'Product', 'Version' and 'Vendor'?

Hi, Am trying to export an ova from a VM using ovftool.  Something along the lines of... ovftool --prop:Version=100 --privateKey=./id_rsa.pem --eula@=./eula.txt...

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setting ovf properties with ovftool and vcloud

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...

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