how do I encrypt and sign VM under ESXi 4.0 ?
OVF format apparentely allows ISV to encrypt and sign VM but I can't seem to figure out how to do this in vsphere/ESXi 4.0. my goals are two-fold #1: prevent tampering with the OVF xml, the ISV has...
View Articlehow to specify a kickstart file inside a OVF ?
Hi all, I need to automate the process of creating a vm with the (centos)kickstart file spcified, i was able to do this in xen, where in the commandline prams i specified the centos5 iso to boot...
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 ArticleConvert ovf template to vsx
Hello ,I used the vcenter 4.1 console to Export OVF Template. We need to be able to load this template in vmware player. I downloaded ovftool and tried to convert the OVF template so that it could...
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...
View Articlehow to deploy ova/ovf into VMware Player?
hello. I create a ova file from my ESXi 5.0.0 with ovftool 2.1.0-467744, then I deploy this ova file into ESXi 5.0.0 is success and work well. But I can't deploy the same ova file into VMWare...
View Articleovftool.exe crashes when deploying OVA from Windows 7
I'm experiencing a coredump when attempting to deploy an OVA into vCenter 5.0.0. I have downloaded the OVA to the Windows 7 PC locally and have run the ovftool from that path as follows: ovftool...
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 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 ArticleOFV export trouble
hello, I am stuck. Any help is much appreciated.I am simply trying to export an OVF template from a vm (.vmx) in vCenter 4.1.0 using the OVF Tool. The vm is located...
View ArticleOVF deploy not showing license agreement
I have been given an externally generated OVF that the ovftool verifies as perfectly fine and shows me that there are End-user license agreements. However, when I use vCenter (4 and 5) to Deploy OVF...
View ArticleCreating MyvApp.ova from VM1.ova and VM2.ova
Hi All, I have two .ova's with me. Both are SLES based and are highly customised. Designed to work togethar. 1) Is it possible using ovftool to create a vApp containing these two vms.? 2) And also...
View ArticleOVF Tool 3.0.1 Segmentation fault on linux
Running OVF Tool 3.0.1 on 32 bit CentOS 6 Linux 2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686 (download from VMWare site md5sum was checked ok) Tool starts up fine and is in the process of exporting a VM from one ESXi 4.1...
View ArticleError in uploading to vCloud using ovftool
Hi, I try to upload a physical server image to vcloud but it keep returning this error "Invalid response from Server" >ovftool -o --net:"bridged=myNetwork" --ipAllocationPolicy=transientPolicy...
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Simple 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 ArticleOVF Disk Section
I have created my own OVF discriptor XML file for creating Logical Partations on systems and installing OS on the created Virtual machines.But I m facing problem in specifying the Disk Section...
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 ArticleCustom OVF Property in my Virtual appliance
I'm trying to create an additional property in my VM that I build with VMware Studio so that I can use OVFTool to pass a value for the property when I deploy the VM to a vCenter. The property looks...
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