Unsupported 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.
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Hello, I'm having some trouble getting both the vSphere Client and ovftool toimport my OVF's. When using the vSphere Client, I successfully walk throughthe wizard to "Deploy OVF Template", I click...
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...
View Articleovftool 1.0 and virtualcenter 2.5 update 4 Envelope error importing ovf
When I try to import an OVF vile created with ovftool 1.0 I get a compatibility error an error occurred while parsing the ovf descriptor: unable to parse xlm element ‘Envelope' I made an ovf file...
View ArticleOVFs from virtualbox
Hey This is a short writeup on what is needed to import OVF produced with VirtualBox 2.2.4 (and 2.2.2) You should tell VirtualBox to export in 0.9 format. By default it produce OVFs for vmx-06 so...
View ArticleOVF based Migration
Migration within a cloud is passe, migration within a service provider who manages cloud from different cloud vendors. As virtualization /cloud vendors support OVF, will the migration accross...
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 ArticleScripting ovftool
I need to write a script to remotely shotdown a guest VM, export it to .ova format an restart it.Is there any sample I can start from?Regardsmarius
View Articlegiving Connect error when converting Win2K8 by vConverter
Was giving an SSL error, now giving a connecgt error. No firewall involved. I wonder Windows does not have ssh, so, why is vConverter using ssh. Any help much appreciated. Section for VMware vCenter...
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 ArticleError: Failed to open disk: Test.vmdk
Hello all, I am having a problem with the ovftool. Here's what i did. 1)I created a VM running CentOS. 2)These are the 3 files that i got. Test.vmx Test.vmdk (Descriptor File) # Disk...
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 ArticleOracle VM VirtualBox image -> VMware ESXi Server
I'm running Oracle VM VirtualBox 3.2 on my Windows 7 PC. I want to import this to my VMware ESXi Server 4.x. Give me guidens to what are the options I have follow to export first. And how to import...
View ArticleCreate OVF/OVA via ovftool
Hi, I have a ESXi 5.0 server running which has a Guest VM running CentOS 5.6. The ESXi server is a standalone server, not included in a datacenter, not managed by vCenter. The server has a HDD of 80G...
View ArticleAttempting to deploy .OVA from fileserver to ESXi host and/or vSphere cluster
I am attempting to determine an easy method to deploy .OVA templates for quick provisioning/deployment of VM's. I have built VM baselines using a development vSphere cluster and exported the VM to .OVA...
View ArticleSerious problem in ovftool VMDK input
All, First of all, apologies if this is an inappropriate forum. I do not have a support contact for this issue. We are VMware customers, however our licenses are purchased through an academic reseller....
View Articleovftool coredumped
I use ovftool to deploy an appliance to a host (esx 3.5i). after disk copy done, I got an error message and the tool core dumped. What does the message means ? Thanks in advance. Opening OVF...
View ArticleUnsupported element 'Property'
I am trying to import OVF with custom propery set and getting folling error with vmware ovf tool. Any idea on how to resolve this issue? Error: - Line 107: Unsupported element 'Property'
View ArticleCan't import OVA in to a folder
I an trying to inport an OVA file in to a precreated folder named test under a datacenter. I have created a fold under vCenterServer/datacenter/host/test and running the below command. ovftool...
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...
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