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...
View Articleovftool.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 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 ArticleLarge 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...
View ArticleCustom OVF Property in my Virtual appliance
I'm trying to create an additional property in my VM that I build with VMware Studio so that I can use OVFTool to pass a value for the property when I deploy the VM to a vCenter. The property looks...
View Articleovftool : Specify Hardware version during a conversion ?
Hi everybody, I'd like to change the hardware version during an export using ovftool. Is there a way to specify it ? I've seen the "--maxVirtualHardwareVersion" but I'm unable to understand how to use...
View ArticleCan't import OVA in to a folder
I an trying to inport an OVA file in to a precreated folder named test under a datacenter. I have created a fold under vCenterServer/datacenter/host/test and running the below command. ovftool...
View Articleiso to ovf/ova? Can it be done?
Hi I'm wondering if there is an automation tool/command(s) that will allow us (team of developers) to import/use a .iso file that contains 64bit OS and pass it through VMware ESXi or Server and then...
View ArticleOVFtool bug when specifying datastore
It appears that ovftool 3.0.1 has an issue while specifying the target datastore when importing an OVF when the VI is a vCenter 5.0 server with ESX 5.0 Update 1 hosts that have a large number of...
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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Failed to deploy OVA
Hi, i have some OVA files that when i try to deploy them, shows the following error :Unable to access file :C:\user\Administrator\Desktop\Backup\new-ova\ubuntu.18-file1.isoEnd Of OVA file reached while...
View ArticleUnsupported virtual hardware device 'VirtualSCSI'.
I try to deploy a OVA into a vCenter 5.5, using OVFTool with the following command:/usr/bin/ovftool --powerOn --acceptAllEulas --noSSLVerify --skipManifestCheck --allowAllExtraConfig...
View Articleovftool - CURL error buffer: error:1408F10B:SSL...
I'm trying to export a VM using ovftool on linux. ovftool --X:logFile=upload1.log --X:logLevel=verbose --noSSLVerify vi://[user]:[pass]@[ESXi IP]:[port]/my_datacenter/vm/my_vm_folder/my_vm_name...
View Articleovftool 4.2.0 has a broken --allowAllExtraConfig
4.2.0 is bundled into the current build of Fusion10:ovftool --versionVMware ovftool 4.2.0 (build-6230482) This version has a busted --allowAllExtraConfig flag, so some VMs will not export to OVA,...
View ArticleOVF and BIOS Settings
Hi, is it possible to include the nvram-file in the OVF-File oder how to tranport BIOS-Settings with OVF. regards.Hans-PeterTAM, EMEA-CentralVMware
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...
View ArticleFailed to open OVF descriptor
Hi All, I am trying to convert vmdk file to ovf format using command line. I am using the below command: # ovftool my_vm.vmdk new.ovf Opening OVF source: my_vmdk.vmdk Error: Failed to open OVF...
View ArticleUnsupported element 'Property'
I am trying to import OVF with custom propery set and getting folling error with vmware ovf tool. Any idea on how to resolve this issue? Error: - Line 107: Unsupported element 'Property'
View ArticleOVF import trouble
I am attempting to perform and document a roundtrip Export and Import using ovftool. I performed the export as follows: bowser:/tmp/ovfTool # mount 10.68.x.xx:/export/images /mnt/ovfExport...
View ArticleLocator does not refer to an object:
Hi, trying to convert a "SUSEstudio" generated vmdk/vmx to our VI. I have:...
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