ovftool 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 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 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 ArticleUnsupported hardware
I recieve the following error "- Unsupported hardware version: 3". Please assist. Converting a vmx to a ovf. Recieve error when vmx file is opened.
View ArticleExport ESXi VM using ovftool in Linux
Hello, I am trying to use the ovftool in Linux to export a VM running on ESXi 4.0 to an OVF package with the following syntax: $ovftool "vi://root@192.168.X.XXX?ds=[datastore1]test-vm/test-vm.vmx"...
View ArticleVirtual serial port in OVF descriptor to import in VMWare ESX 4.0
Hi to all in the community, I have some problems configuring a Juniper virtual appliance with a "virtual serial port" in an OVF format. I intend to configure the basic network settings of this...
View ArticleDefining serial port Without the GUI
I need access to my deployed virtual machine's serial console, not through a GUI window, but through ssh or telnet. I finally found how to define a serial console so that I can telnet in, which is...
View Articleovftool "locator does not refer to an object"
I am trying to create an OVF from a vm in vsphere - I'm running ovftool on a linux machine, and using the following syntax (I got this from the ovftool users guide):ovftool...
View ArticleOVA to VMX using OVFTool in Mac OSx Terminal Problem
Hello, I am new to OVFTool and am having difficulty using it in Terminal on my MacBook Pro to convert an OVA (created by exporting my WinXp virtual machine from within VirtualBox), to a VMX file for...
View Articleovftool sanfs://..../linux.iso was not found
Hi, I'm trying to convert VM into ovf. But ovftool fails with the message: ./ovftool --powerOffSource vi://administrator:xxxxx@host/?ip=192.168.1.22 myovf.ovfOpening VI source:...
View ArticleOVFTool crashes on Linux x64 - basic_string::_S_construct NULL not valid
Running into an issue with ovftool while moving VMs from Linux Workstation to ESXi 4.1 - When running the following command line with the attached vmx: build@machine:/opt/vm/lab/qa/w7ultrtm-001_ruby18$...
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 ArticleLarge OVF imports into vCloud Director 1.0.1 fail, smaller imports succeed
I'm getting wildly different results while importing large OVF file into vCloud Director 1.0.1 via the ovftool than when performing the upload of the same OVF via the native JAva tool within vCloud...
View ArticleHow to include 2 EULA files in an ovf?
Using OVFtool 2.1 (seems the download for 3.0.1 is still broken!) to create an ovf, and I need to insert two EULAs. The command option is --eula@=[path][filename] which is working fine for me. But I...
View ArticleComment sauvegarder une VM équipée d'un périphérique SCSI avec ovftool ?
Bonjour à tous, Je travail actuellement sur le développement un script de sauvegarde de VM qui utilise l'outil OVFTOOL. Le script se déroule correctement pour des VM n'ayant pas de périphériques...
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...
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OVFT: unable to export with spaces (in path) on server.
Hi All, I'm unable to get ovftool to export a vm from my server that has spaces in the path to the vmx file.Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! On the server:~ # vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvmsVmid Name...
View ArticleOVF Bootstrap/Configuration Utility for Linux VM Guests
Hello all, I wanted to share an open source project, FVORGE, that we use in house to rapidly, and with repeatable consistency, deploy a Linux VM guest that will configure itself based on the set of OVF...
View Articleovftool - Managing Resource Pools
Hello, I am using vSphere ESX (4 or 5).I am writing automatic scripts using esxcfg and ovftool (on windows) commands. I have some questions: 1. How can i create Resource Pool's? (if it cannot be done...
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...
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