setting ovf properties with ovftool and vcloud
I'm trying to import an OVA file with settable OVF properties for configuration (product key, network configuration) into vCloud with ovftool. It seems from the documentation that I should be using the...
View Articleovftool: How to override disk naming of ovftool
Hi, Suppose I have a VM "vm1" with 3 disks "[datastore2] k1/k1.vmdk", "[datastore2] k1/k1new.vmdk" and "[datastore2] k1/k1up.vmdk". I can't identify the correct disk, If I import this VM to my local...
View ArticleCan not convert a VMX from vCenter server to a local vmx
I am trying to convent a vmx within vCenter server to a local vmx, i am trying with: ovftool.exe "vi://user:password@my_vCenterserver/may_datacenter?ds=[my_datastore] my_vm/my_vm.vmx" C:\ovfs\my_vm.vmx...
View ArticleDoes anyone know how to sign ova with timestamp?
I am creating ova file using VMware OVF tool .And I want to use public Code Signing Certificate like published by Globalsign or Verisign.But current OVF tool doucment is not introduce how to sign with...
View Articleovftool fails to deploy vApp (containing 12VMs) with its ova file while...
We found ovftool fails to deploy a vApp instance, within which 12VMs are to be created, from an ova file, while it succeeds if the ova file contains a slimmer version ovf file (VMs' no is decreased to...
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 Articlehow to assign a ip address and mask from cli for the vm which is created in...
Hi all, I have installed ovf tool in my ubuntu server and and used the ovftool command line interface to create vm on the remote server. Now i need to assign an IP address to that VM from the cli. Can...
View ArticleConvertion of .OVF to .VMX
From virtualmachine i have exported .ovf file from the following website http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/how-do-i-convert-virtualbox-files-to-work-with-vmware-workstation/#.and i...
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 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 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 Articleimport ova esx 3.5
hi everyone im trying to install Solar Winds virtualization manager on my Esxi 3.5.The appliance is on OVA format.i got o File--> Virtual Appliance -->Import-->Import the file and i get the...
View ArticleOptions to select vms when deploying virtual appliance with multiple vms
Hello everybody,I been using ovftool to build virtual appliance and so far its pretty much stable. We basically have 2 vms viz server and database which gets deployed through single ova. Both the vms...
View ArticleSerious problem in ovftool VMDK input
All, First of all, apologies if this is an inappropriate forum. I do not have a support contact for this issue. We are VMware customers, however our licenses are purchased through an academic reseller....
View Articleovftool 3.5.0 not running on CentOS 5 (needs GLIBC 3.4?)
Installed ovftool 3.5 on CentOS 5.9. Install went without any errors, says Installation Successful. Running ovftool yields about 5 errors similar to:/usr/lib/vmware-ovftool/ovftool.bin:...
View ArticleCannot convert OVA to VMX using OVFTOOL / Using workstation throws system Error
I am facing an issue. I have an ova file of size 362 MB. I am using OVFTOOL to convert ova to vmx file. I get the below error during conversion,Also tried with option --chunkSize=200mb, but with no...
View ArticleOVF Import Failing Due to Syntax
Hi. I'm trying to deploy an OVF template using Vsphere 4.1 client but it keeps failing with syntax errors. The OVF is supplied with an IBM product I've trying to install but there's something it...
View ArticleOVFTool Export Job Dies
Hello, I'm trying to export a VM as an OVA from an ESXi 4.0 host through our vCenter Server again version 4.0. At present my command looks like this: ovftool.exe vi://<IP Address>/<...
View ArticleAttempting to Sign an OVF Package
Right now I'm trying to sign an OVF Package and I receive these sets of errors when I do: C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>ovftool.exe --privateKey= "C:\Documentsand Settings\jhamilto\My...
View ArticleError loading Operating System
I recently had an issue where I exported a VM as an OVF using the vSphere client, a few weeks later I needed to import the VM back into our environment and after importing I received an "Error loading...
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