Converting a VM with snapshots
I think that ofvtool is a great tool to move VM between ESXi and ESX servers.I need to convert a VM with several snapshots, and I would like to keep them: how can I tell ovftool to keep snapshots while...
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 ArticleUsing OVFTool 2.1.0 with vmdk/vmk from Converter
Contents too long on my OVF descriptor? C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>ovftool --X:logToConsole y:\A10\A10.vmdk y:\A10.ovf[2011-08-30 13:10:49.390 05232 verbose 'ovftool'] Subscribing to...
View ArticleGot Problem with converting Ova to VMx
Hi , there !i got problem when i deploy a .ova file , when the process of deploying is around 98 99 % an error comes say u can't go any farther !!! this is a complete log of what it says !!!...
View ArticleOVA vs OVF in ovftool
Hi all,I am trying to implement an OVF support for some virtualization software, which is using raw images for disks. I use qemu-img to convert raw images to vmdk format. Then I use ovftool to convert...
View ArticleHow to upload and deply OVF templates from datastore
Hi All, Good Day to you. OVF template deployment is taking lot of time to deploy new VM. Is there any way to upload OVF template on datastore and deploy vm from there. Please need your support and...
View ArticleMac OSX newbie - where is ovftool after installing the package
which ovftool does not find a match after I have installed the latest version of the tool. The User Guide does not specify where it is installed on OSX. How do I validate that it was installed...
View ArticleImporting ovf to workstation 8 not working
Each search for my question leads me here; I found a similar issue, but have been getting consistent failures. I have a server VM that is in ESXi 4.1.0 502767 that I have exported to OVF Template using...
View ArticleOVFTool 2.1.0 with Active Directory Question (vSphere crashes)
When I try to export one of my VMs using File/Export/Export OVF Template....it crashes vSphere with a nice assertion window. To see what the cause of this is, I decided to try using ovftool 2.1.0 on...
View Articlehow to I import an ovf into esxi 3.5
I've got a number of VM''s running that I've created or converted from physical machines but a software supplier gave me a zip file that contains; a .ovf, .mf and and .vmdk file I'm running the free...
View Articlegetting following error while login
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>ovftool --machineOutput --acceptAllEulas --verifyOnly E:\vmdk2008\Windows2008\Windows2008P2V.vmx...
View ArticleDeploy OVA to ESXi 5 host directly
Hello all, I have a linux VM on a remote ESXi 5 host that I have installed OVFtool. That same linux vm has a local "win2k8.ova" ova file. Here is the command i'm trying to use: ovftool -ds=DS1...
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 ArticleProblem running OVF Tool 3.0.1 on Mac (Locale initialization failed)
There is unfortunately a bug in OVF Tool 3.0.1 on Mac that causes OVF Tool not to work if the current directory is not the same as the installation directory! For example, if you have made a symbolic...
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 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 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 ArticleOVA file for VM with vdisks on different datastores
Hi, I have an ova file created for a virtual machines that has 6 virtual disks. All disks were on different datastores. When I import that ova I'd like a way for the vdisks to not all end up in...
View Articlesetting 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 ArticleError deploying ovf file created with OVFTOOL 1.0 VMware converter 4.0.1....
I converted a Virtual Machine installed on a ESX 3.5 server to a virtualappliance (*.ovf ) file using the OVFTOOL1.0.Now I am trying to convert this virtual appliance to deploy as a virtual machine on...
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