OVF 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'...
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 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 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 ArticleError: Invalid access to memory location - Fix an OVA?
I have a VM that I exported as an OVA as a "Just in Case" backup a while ago. Today I had to use it and I cannot import it.There was an ISO mounted when I did the export and it exported the ISO as...
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 Articleovftool fails to deploy vApp (containing 12VMs) with its ova file while...
We found ovftool fails to deploy a vApp instance, within which 12VMs are to be created, from an ova file, while it succeeds if the ova file contains a slimmer version ovf file (VMs' no is decreased to...
View ArticleUnable to parse xml element 'Envelope'
I used ovftool (1.0 running in a RHEL 5.2 VM) to create an ovf of a powered off RHEL 5.1 VM. All was successful and I can probe the OVF without issue. However, when I try to import it as a virtual...
View ArticleLocator does not refer to an object:
Hi, trying to convert a "SUSEstudio" generated vmdk/vmx to our VI. I have:...
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...
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Deployment from OVA format.
Hi,I am deploying a VM using a OVA format. The size of OVA format is 60 GB. Currently free space on my datastore is 388 GB.At the time of selecting Disk Format type if shows me in red that the disk...
View Articleovf tool fails on device paths
"A line such as ide1:0.fileName = "/dev/cdrom" or a line such as ide1:0.fileName = "/dev/scd0" wil cause the ovftool to abort with the following message: - Device 'cdrom1' has a backing type that is...
View ArticleHow to specify which datastore to use with OVFtool
This is driving me crazy! How do you specify which datastore to use when there are multiple? I ran exactly the same command on a box that had one datastore and it worked fine (as expected). It...
View Articleiso to ovf/ova? Can it be done?
Hi I'm wondering if there is an automation tool/command(s) that will allow us (team of developers) to import/use a .iso file that contains 64bit OS and pass it through VMware ESXi or Server and then...
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 ArticleOVFtool "IO Error" when .ova is 99% extracted
I'm trying to convert a .ova into a .vmx using OVFTool 2.1.0 but after reaching 99% I get an "IO Error"/Disk Transfer Failed and then the .vmx is deleted. During the extraction process everything...
View ArticleCannot convert vmx to ova or ovf
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>ovftool RHEL5.vmx RHEL5.ovaOpening VMX source: RHEL5.vmxError: Failed to open file:...
View ArticleProperties lost when deployed a VM and exported it to OVF
Hi, I have built a VM, using VMware Studio in OVA format. I defined some custom OVF environment properties in it.After I built the VM, I opened the .OVF file to see the property values are appeared...
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 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....
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