ovftool.exe crashes when deploying OVA from Windows 7
I'm experiencing a coredump when attempting to deploy an OVA into vCenter 5.0.0. I have downloaded the OVA to the Windows 7 PC locally and have run the ovftool from that path as follows: ovftool...
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 ArticleUnable to parse xml element 'Envelope'
I used ovftool (1.0 running in a RHEL 5.2 VM) to create an ovf of a powered off RHEL 5.1 VM. All was successful and I can probe the OVF without issue. However, when I try to import it as a virtual...
View Articlehow do I encrypt and sign VM under ESXi 4.0 ?
OVF format apparentely allows ISV to encrypt and sign VM but I can't seem to figure out how to do this in vsphere/ESXi 4.0. my goals are two-fold #1: prevent tampering with the OVF xml, the ISV has...
View ArticleScript or tool to export VM from ESX 3.5 in OVF 0.9 Format?
The subject sez it all! I want to find an automated way to snag the 0.9-format OVFs of VMs that are on a Legacy 3.5 ESX Server. Can anyone suggest a method for this? Everything I've tried so far...
View Articleovf but not really
ofv. ofvtool. from the man help page: ovftool "vi://username:pass@my_vc_server/my_datacenter?ds=\ [Storage1] foo/foo.vmx" c:\ovfs\ (VM on ESX/vCenter server to OVF using datastore location...
View ArticleOVFTool cannot set property successfully
I want to set some properties to ovf files. I use ovftool as bellow: ovftool --prop:ip=10.32.23.123 --prop:dns=255.255.254.0 when this command has been executed without error showing, I still cannot...
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 ArticleBuilding an gui-like interface for installation/configuration of Virtual...
Hello everyone, I built a custom script using ncurses to provide a gui-like interface for users who installed my Virtual Appliance. I have seen other Virtual Appliances and I was wondering how did...
View Articleovftool frequently encounters Unexpected end of stream
HelloI've looked around in the forums, but couldn't find a resolution to this problem. I'm using ovftool (the latest version - 2.1.0) to deploy an ova consisting of 3 VMs to an ESXi 4.1 server, via a...
View ArticleSerious problem in ovftool VMDK input
All, First of all, apologies if this is an inappropriate forum. I do not have a support contact for this issue. We are VMware customers, however our licenses are purchased through an academic reseller....
View ArticleInclude advanced CPU settings in OVF/OVA
Is it possible to include the advanced CPU settings for a VM when you build an OVF/OVA with ovftool? My VM must have VT-x enabled (nested virtualization) and the default setting seem to be disabled....
View Articleovftool fails to deploy vApp (containing 12VMs) with its ova file while...
We found ovftool fails to deploy a vApp instance, within which 12VMs are to be created, from an ova file, while it succeeds if the ova file contains a slimmer version ovf file (VMs' no is decreased to...
View ArticleHow to insert multi laguage eula in ova file.
I inserted eula file in ova file by ovftool command "eula@=[filename]".But i dont know how to insert multi laguage eula.How do I do that with the ovftool command?
View ArticleVMware OVF Tool 2.1.0 is now alive.
Hi All. VMware OVF Tool 2.1.0 is now ready for download. Go to the download link on the frontpage. Eske
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 ArticleOVFTool 2.1.0 with Active Directory Question (vSphere crashes)
When I try to export one of my VMs using File/Export/Export OVF Template....it crashes vSphere with a nice assertion window. To see what the cause of this is, I decided to try using ovftool 2.1.0 on...
View ArticleDeploy OVA "Transfer Failed"
I have an OVA that have built and deployed via VIC many times successfully. I am now trying to automate the deployment via the OVFTOOL. However, I keep seeing this "transfer failed" message. Is...
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 ArticleError: Invalid access to memory location - Fix an OVA?
I have a VM that I exported as an OVA as a "Just in Case" backup a while ago. Today I had to use it and I cannot import it.There was an ISO mounted when I did the export and it exported the ISO as...
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