Error converting OVF to VMX -- virtualbox-3?
I am trying to convert a .ovf to a .vmx using the ovftool utility in terminal on OSX 10.6.8. USING the --lax command, the result I get is as follows: Opening OVF source:...
View Articleovftool deploy failing with "Network connection was lost"
Hey, Is anybody aware of what network flows exist when deploying an ovf file using ovftool through a vCenter? Right now ovftool is continually erroring out with the following message: Transfer Failed...
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 3.0.1 on Mac "Failed to open file" error
Hi, I am unable to convert the VM to OVF format. MyMac $ ovftool Windows\ 7.vmxError: Locale initialization failed.Completed with errors I followed the steps in other thread to fix locale issue, then I...
View ArticleHow to upgrade hardwareversion
Hi i've an OVF virtual appliance with hardware version 4 how can i upgrade it to hardware version 7 and convert to OVA as well? it seems ovftools does not have the ability to upgrade to a higher...
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 ArticleGetting Password string in ovf property
Hello,I been working on the setting properties in the ovf template and this is working fine so far.Basically, I add property in the product section under property tag and read its value during...
View ArticleHow to start machine after OVF export?
I'm running OVF tool to export a running virtual machine (ESXi 5.0) from a command line. One of the options is shutting down the virtual machine before the export that works fine. Is there an option to...
View ArticleOVFT: 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 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 Articlefailed to upload template to vcloud director with ovftool 3.0.1
Hello There, OvfTool: 3.0.1vCloud Director(VCD): 5.1I use ovftool 3.0.1 to upload an ovf file to VCD and the server return error after upload completely.It works previously while use ovftool 2.1 with...
View ArticleVMware datacenter optimization project
We are working on a project that analyzes datacenter utilization and decides how to optimize VMs. We just released our VMware data collector. The data collectors continuously gets utilization data from...
View Articledifference between ovf version 0.9 and 1.0?
What is the difference between OVF 1.0 and 0.9 version? I would be interested in knowing about the major enchancements made in the newer versions and thereby the advantages of the same. Thanks in...
View Articleovftool --nodisks still creates .ovf file with disk information
Hi All, I'm using ovftool with the --noDisks option, but there still seems to be disk information in the .ovf file (see attachments). I'm trying to import the virtual appliance on a ESXI 3.5...
View ArticleLocator does not refer to an object:
Hi, trying to convert a "SUSEstudio" generated vmdk/vmx to our VI. I have:...
View ArticleOVF tool fails to install under linux Ubuntu 9.10
Tried installing the OVF Tool for 32 bit under Ubuntu 9.10 but got the following error. ./VMware-ovftool-2.0.1-260188-lin.i386.sh ./VMware-ovftool-2.0.1-260188-lin.i386.sh: line 108: syntax error...
View Articleovftool -- mapping multiple nics with same network name to different network...
Is there a way to map network devices that are both associated with "VM Network" in the ova to different networks on the target? The ova contains only "VM Network", but I would like to put one...
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 ArticleOVA template deployment - sysprepping and customizing the deployment
Hello,I am seeking guidance on automation\customization of an OVA deployment. Looking to use an OVA due to it's compression ability which is favorable when needing to transfer a VMWare virtual machine...
View Articleovftool 2.1.0 `Error: Curl error: Coudn't resolve host name`
Greetings friends, I have installed ovftool on a Linux machine with SLES 11 SP1 x86_64 I am currently experimenting on how to use ovftool, as i'm a total newbie considering it's use. I currently have a...
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