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...
View ArticleI HAVE a query can we install vSphere ESXi 4.1 U3 and ESXi 5.5 in HA cluster...
I HAVE a query can we install vSphere ESXi 4.1 U3 and ESXi 5.5 in HA cluster vCenter 5.5.
View Articleovftool coredumped
I use ovftool to deploy an appliance to a host (esx 3.5i). after disk copy done, I got an error message and the tool core dumped. What does the message means ? Thanks in advance. Opening OVF...
View ArticleHow do I keep vmxnet3 NIC type when exporting to OVF/OVA
Hi,I exported a VM from my ESXi 4.0.0 server using ovftool for Windows but the type of NIC seems to have been changed as part of the conversion. It was VMXNET3 on the host but ends up being VMXNET in...
View ArticleDefining serial port Without the GUI
I need access to my deployed virtual machine's serial console, not through a GUI window, but through ssh or telnet. I finally found how to define a serial console so that I can telnet in, which is...
View ArticleHow to deploy ovf using perl ?
Is there anyone who knows how to deploy ovf template via vCenter/ESX using vSphere perl SDK? I have read the programming guide and API reference, but it provided limited valuable infomation.
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...
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 ArticleOVF Tool - Deploying OVA - error "Transfer failed"
Hi, I am trying to deploy an. ova file using ovftool with the following command : C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>ovftool -ds=<datastore> --net:"VM Network"=standard_trunk...
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 ArticleHow to upgrade hardwareversion
Hi i've an OVF virtual appliance with hardware version 4 how can i upgrade it to hardware version 7 and convert to OVA as well? it seems ovftools does not have the ability to upgrade to a higher...
View ArticleOVF Tool HELP!!!!!!
i installed the OVF tool yesterday, i followed every step in the "OVF Tool User Guide" and when i open the comman prompt and typed "ovftool" its work but when i retype again i get an error saying "no...
View ArticleCannot Import OVF into ESXi 3.5
Using a seperate process (python-vm-builder), I am building an ESX/ESXi compliant image that I have confirmed can be uploaded, imported and started in Workstation, ESX 3.0, ESXi 3.5 and even Server...
View ArticleOVF 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...
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 ArticleThe OVF descriptor file could not be parsed.
Hi All, I have just exported an vApp using ovf from my vCenter v4u2. When I try to import into Vmware Workstation 7.1(running on Window 7 Ent 64bit) I get the following error message "The OVF...
View ArticleUnsupported element 'Property' from ovftool and ESXi server
I'm trying to use the ovftool to import a OVA file into a ESXi server. However I get the following error Error: OVF Package is not supported by target: - Line 118: Unsupported element...
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...
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Simple creation of OVA from VMX on ESXi 5.1 vCenter
I give; I have spent too long attempting to find the magic decoder ring to get ovftool to do what I expect to be a very basic use case. My vCenter server is win2k8 R2 node, my host node is RHEL6.3, and...
View ArticleUse OVFTool to Convert OVA File Without A Domain
OVFTool keeps failing when I try to convert an OVA image to vmdk, since I don't have a domain on our network, a la vi://hostname.domain. What should I do? It's a Mitel Linux Image.
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