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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 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...
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OVFT: 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 do I set target VM hostname when deploying OVA?
I'm deploying OVA files to a vCenter using ovftool; it's working perfectly, but I want to go the extra mile and automatically set the hostname of the VM after it is deployed. I found a reference to a...
View ArticleCould not look up host [username]. Proper password, but will not convert
Hey all. I know I am using proper syntax, but it seems like there's a missing service running on my esx cluster. I am able to log in with vSphere, but cannot use ovftool to export a stopped server in...
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 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 ArticleTrying to convert VirtualBox OVF
I'm trying to convert an VirtualBox OVF that we had prepared to use in a ESX environment, but am recieving errors. First off, I just want to make sure we are able to do this and secondly if anyone is...
View ArticleLocator does not refer to an object:
Hi, trying to convert a "SUSEstudio" generated vmdk/vmx to our VI. I have:...
View ArticleDeploy ovf to a resource pool
Hi, Ive read through the pdf and have tried a few different ways but couldnt figure it out. I was curious if anyone could give me an example syntax of deploying an ovf into a resource pool on the...
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 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 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 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...
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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 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 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 ArticleDeploy OVF Template problems
Hi!I'm trying to to deploy a OVF/OVA file into my vCenter but I'm getting a error message, pls help me. "Line 61: No space left for device '5' on parent controller '4'." (Tested to deploy other...
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 ArticleMigrate to another vCenter
Hi all, I have a "little" question. I have installed a new vCenter 5.5 in my farm and I would like to migrate all clusters/hosts to it. In my old vcenter there are a lot of vApps. How can migrate all...
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