Unsupported 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 ArticleDeploy OVA "Transfer Failed"
I have an OVA that have built and deployed via VIC many times successfully. I am now trying to automate the deployment via the OVFTOOL. However, I keep seeing this "transfer failed" message. Is...
View ArticleProblems trying to convert a .iso to .ova file
I have a .iso image from which I want to create a .ova , But everytime I run into a problem Error: Curl error: Couldn't connect to serverCompleted with errors Here is the command I used, ovftool...
View ArticleOVFs from virtualbox
Hey This is a short writeup on what is needed to import OVF produced with VirtualBox 2.2.4 (and 2.2.2) You should tell VirtualBox to export in 0.9 format. By default it produce OVFs for vmx-06 so...
View ArticleInvalid value '1.0' for attribute 'version' on element 'Envelope'
I have an OVF from VirtualBox that I want to import into VMware Workstation 6.5.2 (linux). The first thing I noticed was that there is no 'Import' option in the File menu of VMware 6.5.2 for linux. So,...
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 Articleovftool how to use the parameter targetSessionTicket
Hi, In the documentation of ovftool (2.0.1) there is a parameter targetSessionTicket to avoid to give again the user credential to connect to the vcenter or esx.I'm using PowerCLI to open a session and...
View Articleovftool import VM slow
Hi, Am I the only one that gets about 10Mbps (Megabits/second), or about 1MB/sec (megabyte/sec) throughput when using the ovftool to import a VM on a 1Gbps LAN? I would assume there is some type of...
View Articleovftool.cfg
Looking for some sample "ovftool.cfg" and/or "*.ovftool" files. Any body point me in right direction? "ovftool --help config" not giving me too much information. Thanks - Hogan..
View ArticleCreate .ovf from unregistered vmx
Hello, Im using ghettoVCB to backup my running VMs on same datastore. But when i wanna copy backed up VM, even if its in thin format, to my desktop running Win 7, size of file is same as size of...
View ArticleVMware API to create OVF format
HiI am looking at VMware API to create OVF image format.
View Articleovftool frequently encounters Unexpected end of stream
HelloI've looked around in the forums, but couldn't find a resolution to this problem. I'm using ovftool (the latest version - 2.1.0) to deploy an ova consisting of 3 VMs to an ESXi 4.1 server, via a...
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 ArticleOVFtool cannot authenticate to vcloud
I am atempting to connect to a vcloud instance to download an OVF and no matter what I cannot authenticate. Even if I manually input the userid and password it continues to prompt for them. I have...
View Articleovftool terminating before starting the deployment of the ova
Hi Guys, I want to get some feed back about the below stack trace after setting the --X:logfile and loglevel 2013-04-29T04:47:37.841-07:00 [02188 verbose 'Default'] [SSL_DB] Using C:\Documents and...
View ArticleHow to add addition Hard disk space for the created VM in ESXi server using...
Can anyone help me out on "how to add additional Hard Disk and Ethernet Adapter for VM created in an ESXi server using ovftool.exe commandline.
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 ArticleHow to use ovftool command line utility Video Tutorial
Hi, I have created a Video Tutorial for Beginners to show 'How to use ovftool command line utility' fosshelp: How to use ovftool command line utility https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuvHfB6BdJk Thanks,
View ArticleConvert ESX4(i) OVF to work with ESX3.5
I have downloaded and installed the OVF tool but when i try and copy/deploy the OVF to the server i get a message below. Error: Failed to open OVF descriptorCompleted with errors Any help you guys can...
View ArticleCreate an OVF with no disks
Hi everyone, I'm totally new to this forum. I've already done my research about the question I'm going to ask and unfortunately couln't find any valid answers. So the question is: would it be possible...
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