OVA template deployment - sysprepping and customizing the deployment
Hello,I am seeking guidance on automation\customization of an OVA deployment. Looking to use an OVA due to it's compression ability which is favorable when needing to transfer a VMWare virtual machine...
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 ArticlevCenter 5 virtual appliance configuration
Hello.. Is it possible to give vCenter appliance ip, gateway, netmask etc via ovftool? Same way as to Orchestrator. --prop:vami.DNS.VMware_vCenter_Server_Appliance=10.0.0.69...
View Article--compress=9 giving disks of larger size than original
Hi All, I have an ovf package with only one vmdk file of soze 3.3GB. When I am using ovftool with compress=9 option. Its giving me "VMX" of size 5.3GB {{{ C:\>ovftool --compress=9 MyVM.ovf...
View Articlegetting following error while calling OVF tool.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>ovftool E:\vmdk2008\Windows2008\Windows2008P2V.vmx...
View ArticleOVF environment not available
Hi, I'm having a problem with ovftool. I'm running ovftool against a ESXi host with a trial license. The command shows the ovf properties that I've set on the commandline, but once I'm on the virtual...
View ArticleMaximum (realistic) sizes for OVA/OVF format and export?
Hi- has anyone hit any problems with exporting large (e.g. > 1TB) VMs in OVA/OVF format? I realise that you can split the files generated, but leaving aside any issues to do with the file-system on...
View ArticleCould not look up host [username]. Proper password, but will not convert
Hey all. I know I am using proper syntax, but it seems like there's a missing service running on my esx cluster. I am able to log in with vSphere, but cannot use ovftool to export a stopped server in...
View ArticleNo 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...
View ArticleOVF ERROR
Hi, I am getting below error while depoying a OVF template. Please suggest. Failed to Deploy:Unable to access file: server1.vmdk.The process cannot access the file "fullpath of vmdkfile\server1.vmdk'...
View ArticleUnsupported 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleMigrate 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...
View ArticleDeploy ovf to a resource pool
Hi, Ive read through the pdf and have tried a few different ways but couldnt figure it out. I was curious if anyone could give me an example syntax of deploying an ovf into a resource pool on the...
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 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 ArticleHow to include 2 EULA files in an ovf?
Using OVFtool 2.1 (seems the download for 3.0.1 is still broken!) to create an ovf, and I need to insert two EULAs. The command option is --eula@=[path][filename] which is working fine for me. But I...
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 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 ArticleNo support for the virtual hardware device type '7'
Hello When using ovftool: # ovftool file.ova fileOpening OVA source: file.ovaThe manifest validatesOpening VMX target: fileError: OVF Package is not supported by target:- Line 60: OVF hardware element...
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