No 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 - deploy vshield manager 5.1.2 to esxi 5.1 error
I am trying to deploy OVAs using ovftool 3.0.1 to an ESXi 5.1 host. When deploying VCSA 5.1.0b it works as expected with the following command: "/Applications/VMware OVF Tool/ovftool" --acceptAllEulas...
View ArticleSimple creation of OVA from VMX on ESXi 5.1 vCenter
I give; I have spent too long attempting to find the magic decoder ring to get ovftool to do what I expect to be a very basic use case. My vCenter server is win2k8 R2 node, my host node is RHEL6.3, and...
View Articleovftool - Defining the 'Product', 'Version' and 'Vendor'?
Hi, Am trying to export an ova from a VM using ovftool. Something along the lines of... ovftool --prop:Version=100 --privateKey=./id_rsa.pem --eula@=./eula.txt...
View ArticleNot able to ipaddress/gateway/netmask field configuration for deployed ovf in...
Hi, I want to config IP-address/gateway/netmask to the deployed ovf virtual machine and i getting the following info when i run ovftool.exeCan anyone help me out in configure ipaddress fields.Or is...
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 do I set target VM hostname when deploying OVA?
I'm deploying OVA files to a vCenter using ovftool; it's working perfectly, but I want to go the extra mile and automatically set the hostname of the VM after it is deployed. I found a reference to a...
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...
View ArticleNo support for the virtual hardware device type '7'
Hello When using ovftool: # ovftool file.ova fileOpening OVA source: file.ovaThe manifest validatesOpening VMX target: fileError: OVF Package is not supported by target:- Line 60: OVF hardware element...
View ArticleDeploy OVF Template in VMWare Workstation 10 using ovf-tool
Hi All, I just started exploring the ovf-tools. I have an ovf template available for a VM and I was able to deploy it in Workstation using the GUI.Is there a way / command available to use this...
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 - Resource Switch not working.
Hi, Thanks in advance for any help that can be given with this, Have been looking at rolling out .ovf VM's as part of a automation project. What we are trying to do is roll out two servers to a...
View ArticleStatic IP given during OVA deployment doesnt take effect post deployment
Hi Everyone, I was trying to deploy a VM using the ovftool, I thought I would use the properties which are thrown from a "probe" of the OVA file. ovftool...
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 ArticleOVF Tool - Deploying OVA - error "Transfer failed"
Hi, I am trying to deploy an. ova file using ovftool with the following command : C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>ovftool -ds=<datastore> --net:"VM Network"=standard_trunk...
View ArticleOVF tool fails to convert compressed OVF file to vmx
I have a compressed OVF file generated by OVF tool using "compress" option. However, I cannot convert the generated ovf file back to vmx. When I run OVF tool to perform conversion, it says "Disk...
View ArticleThe OVF descriptor file could not be parsed.
Hi All, I have just exported an vApp using ovf from my vCenter v4u2. When I try to import into Vmware Workstation 7.1(running on Window 7 Ent 64bit) I get the following error message "The OVF...
View ArticleOVFtool bug when specifying datastore
It appears that ovftool 3.0.1 has an issue while specifying the target datastore when importing an OVF when the VI is a vCenter 5.0 server with ESX 5.0 Update 1 hosts that have a large number of...
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 ArticleOVF ERROR
Hi, I am getting below error while depoying a OVF template. Please suggest. Failed to Deploy:Unable to access file: server1.vmdk.The process cannot access the file "fullpath of vmdkfile\server1.vmdk'...
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