Issue with ovftool "Error: Failed to open file: .\" when try to export to ovf
Hello I have created a VM in VMware Workstation 15 Player and I am experiencing an issue when trying to export using ovftool.exe. I am running Workstation on a Windows 10 laptop. OS: Windows 10The host...
View ArticleMAC ovftool not working
When I try to fun ovftool from the terminal I get the error message 'ovftool: command not found' i.e. m'ovftool Photo_[Work]/VirtualBoxMachines/copyxp\ Base\ V.vmx Photo_[Work]/VBConversions/xpvb.ovf'...
View ArticleError exploit ova to vmx
hi,i'm very newbie on terminal and i get this error when i tried to convert ova file to vmx. It says completed with errors but I can't locate any file, anywhere, and also the whole process is to fast...
View ArticleWhat is the EULA character limit?
I'm using the OVF 1.0 tool to create a package for deployment to customers. Included in my command is the --eula@=eulatext.txt parameter. When I use this parameter, the tool spends the requisite...
View ArticleIn search of vmware specific OVF schema (http://www.vmware.com/schema/ovf)
Hi, I have been trying to work with OVF. I need to be able to read/write in OVF files using xml tools. I have exported VM as OVF using the VI CLient and also programmatically. Each time I get and...
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 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 ArticleCreate 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: unable to upload ovf
Hi, I am trying to upload ovf file to vcloud. But I am getting following error: D:\apps\ovftool>ovftool --acceptAllEulas --diskMode=thin --noSSLVerify --overwrite --X:connectionReconnectCount=3...
View Article"Error: Could not lookup host: root" when using passwords with...
I run ovftool vi://root:cFnD_MNi#ba@10.20.30.40 and i get Error: Could not lookup host: root However, if i run ovftool vi://anotheruser:abc123@10.20.30.40 It does work. So apparently ovftool can't...
View Article[BUG] ovftool produces invalid manifest file (.mf)
According to the ovf specification [1] section 5.1:"The manifest file shall contain SHA digests for all distinct files referenced in the References element of the OVF descriptor and for no other...
View ArticleConverting OVA file to VMX
I downloaded the latest OVF converter tool but it looks like as per documentation, it cannot convert OVA to VMX?If yes, how? If no, how do I? Thanks
View ArticleConverting OVF file using ovftool from VirtualBox produces error "Line 39:...
Hi, I would like to convert VirtualBox 3.2.4 virtual machine to VMWare ESX 4.0. In VirtualBox I have exported appliance to 0.9 format and then follow the following tutorial:...
View ArticleWhat is the ETA of ovftool 2.1.0?
Hi, We are waiting for the --X:enableHiddenProperties option which will help to silently install and configure an OVF that we built with Studio.When can we expext that? Thank you!
View ArticleWhat is the EULA character limit?
I'm using the OVF 1.0 tool to create a package for deployment to customers. Included in my command is the --eula@=eulatext.txt parameter. When I use this parameter, the tool spends the requisite...
View ArticleERROR: Not a supported disk format(Invalid sparse VMDK header)
Hi All, I have just come across ovftool and was giving a try to it. I am fairly new to VMware world.I have a .OVF which I exported using vSphere client 4.0. This .OVF comprises of 3 Suse Linux based...
View ArticleOvftool modify network target ovf
Hello everyone, I'm trying to get "ovftool" to modify the resulting ovf (starting from a vmx) with a few parameters like:--net:'nat=VM Network'--memorySize:vm1=2048etc.but none of them is working. The...
View ArticleCreate OVF with flat vmdk
Hey, I'm trying to build a utility that builds an OVF, given a flat.vmdk and a .vmdk with the descriptor. But I've found that only streamOptimized disks will export properly, however they only take...
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...
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Problem with converting vmworkstation vm(.vmx) to ovf by ovftool
Ovftool in VMworkstation·7.0 used to convet .vmx to ovf display error: ovftool version 2.0 Any help with this is super appreciated!! Thanks,
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