Create OVF/OVA via ovftool
Hi, I have a ESXi 5.0 server running which has a Guest VM running CentOS 5.6. The ESXi server is a standalone server, not included in a datacenter, not managed by vCenter. The server has a HDD of 80G...
View Articleovftool.http.curl SSL connect error
When I try to deploy an OVA file from an FTP location I get the following error:ovftool.http.curl SSL connect error 2016-06-30T01:45:02.824-04:00 verbose [7FABCE9A4700] [Originator@6876 sub=Default]...
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 Articleexporting & importing VM;s ..
Gents , Pls bear with me as this will be long post... I plan to export a Whole DC consisting of some 90 + VM , each VM has it;s Own datastore ( Bad thing i know..will streamline it ) . the esx version...
View ArticleProperties lost when deployed a VM and exported it to OVF
Hi, I have built a VM, using VMware Studio in OVA format. I defined some custom OVF environment properties in it.After I built the VM, I opened the .OVF file to see the property values are appeared...
View Articleovftool to VI: "No space left for device '#' on parent controller '#'" for...
I have an OVF I'm trying to import into VI (ESX 3.5) and I'm getting the following error: Error: OVF Package is not supported by target: - Line 57: No space left for device '7' on parent controller...
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 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 ArticleIs there a way to disable Settings - Options - Vmware Tools - advanced
We have requirement to disable the option of Auto upgrade so that user cannot change it. Please provide the option which I can set at vmx file so that ovf will have the option disable.Is there a way to...
View Articleovftool command line on Win 7 unable to process backsplash in...
Hi VMWare experts, I am having problem with automation script because the string passed in the ovftool command uses credential vsphere.local\userXYZ instead of just userXYZ It appears that the...
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 ArticleEV Code signing certificate with HSM and OVFTool
I am trying to sign an OVA using a CA issued EV Code Signing Certificate. This certificate is stored in a USB HSM (Hardware Security Module) and private key cannot be exported. As I understand for the...
View Articleovftool VM->ova/f fails with SHA1 digest of file . . . disk.iso does not...
I'm trying to create an OVA file from an installed VM. If I try creating it with ovftool 3.5, it downloads everything completely then gives me the following error:SHA1 digest of file...
View ArticleOVFTool not working at all
I just downloaded ovftool and installed it on our vCenter server (VirtualCenter 2.5) . I'm trying to convert a VMX to OVF and when I run the tool it tries to open the VMX source and then just returns...
View Article.ovf created on vsphere 5.0 deployed on older vsphere version
Quick question, has anybody every deployed an ovf file that was created on 5.0 to an older version of vsphere. We may need to be doing this in the future. So, this is a preemptive question to see if...
View ArticleQuestion Installing OVFtool in ESXi 5.5U1
So long story short I'm building a self deployment install using a Kickstart script that after the install uses wget to copyy the OVA files to the local data store and then deploys the OVAs, i have the...
View ArticleOVFTool: vim API version: 6.0 - Panic: Win32 exception: Access Violation...
I have run across a problem using the below ovftool versions when uploading a VMX to Virtual Center 6.VMware ovftool 3.5.2 (build-1880279) <- windows Vmware workstation 10 ovftool...
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 ArticleCannot deploy to datastore cluster
I'm trying to import a OVA file using the tool, but I cannot seem to import it to a datastore cluster. If I don't specify the datastore, I get this:Error: No target datastore specified. Possible...
View ArticleCore Dump when Running OVFtool inside a Docker Container
I am building a Docker Container that runs the 4.2.0 Linux 64 bit Ovftool in an OpenSuse 42.3/SLES12 SP3 environment and when I run my command inside the container I get the following error and...
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