how to deploy ova/ovf into VMware Player?
hello. I create a ova file from my ESXi 5.0.0 with ovftool 2.1.0-467744, then I deploy this ova file into ESXi 5.0.0 is success and work well. But I can't deploy the same ova file into VMWare...
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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 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 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 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 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 ArticleProblem running OVF Tool 3.0.1 on Mac (Locale initialization failed)
There is unfortunately a bug in OVF Tool 3.0.1 on Mac that causes OVF Tool not to work if the current directory is not the same as the installation directory! For example, if you have made a symbolic...
View Articleovftool 3.5.0 not running on CentOS 5 (needs GLIBC 3.4?)
Installed ovftool 3.5 on CentOS 5.9. Install went without any errors, says Installation Successful. Running ovftool yields about 5 errors similar to:/usr/lib/vmware-ovftool/ovftool.bin:...
View ArticleHow to handle VI Java API for Events and Alarms in vCenter
Hello Friend, I need to come up with Java script where all sort of events and alarms that get generated in vCenter can be tracked off. Is there a powerful document or link , which describes in detail...
View Articleovftool ova -> vmx conversion fails - Connection error during download
Hi all I am runningovftool -tt=vmx --lax --X:logFile=debug.log --X:logLevel=verbose ../backup/DataStax_Sandbox_1_0_0_for_VMWare.ova /u01/vmware And it is failing with the error: Connection error...
View Articleovftool sanfs://..../linux.iso was not found
Hi, I'm trying to convert VM into ovf. But ovftool fails with the message: ./ovftool --powerOffSource vi://administrator:xxxxx@host/?ip=192.168.1.22 myovf.ovfOpening VI source:...
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 failing to convert vmx to ovf
Hello,I'm attempting to do a vmware to ovf converstion. However, I'm receiving some fairly generic errors from ovftool and was hoping I could get some help. Here are the console messages when I...
View ArticleOFV export trouble
hello, I am stuck. Any help is much appreciated.I am simply trying to export an OVF template from a vm (.vmx) in vCenter 4.1.0 using the OVF Tool. The vm is located...
View ArticleNot Able to Export to OVF
Not sure if I'm not getting the syntax correct, but I am attempting to export a vm in OVF format directly from a ESXi 4.1 host. I have tried several different commands, but all have failed. Any help...
View ArticleVMware 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
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 ArticleUnable To convert .vmx to .ovf
HI I got Workstation 7.1.5I want to migrate my VM on to Esxi5.5I tried to convert .vmx to .ovf with Command (ovftool E:\VM\VM4\VM4.vmx E:\OVF\OVF4\VM4.ovf)But its failing with error :C:\Program...
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...
View ArticleError: Failed to open disk: Test.vmdk
Hello all, I am having a problem with the ovftool. Here's what i did. 1)I created a VM running CentOS. 2)These are the 3 files that i got. Test.vmx Test.vmdk (Descriptor File) # Disk...
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