OVFTOOL Deployment - syntax determination problem
I have a vApp which consists of an OVF file and three VMDK files, one for each VM. All VMDK files are co-resident with the OVF file. NOTE: This vApp deploys successfully from vSphere 4.0 client....
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OVFTool not working at all
I just downloaded ovftool and installed it on our vCenter server (VirtualCenter 2.5) . I'm trying to convert a VMX to OVF and when I run the tool it tries to open the VMX source and then just returns...
View ArticleLocator does not refer to an object:
Hi, trying to convert a "SUSEstudio" generated vmdk/vmx to our VI. I have:...
View ArticleError: Locale Initialization Failed
Hello I installed ovftool on SLES 11 SP1 but when I try to use it....says Error: Locale Initialization Failed =(
View Articleovftool import VM slow
Hi, Am I the only one that gets about 10Mbps (Megabits/second), or about 1MB/sec (megabyte/sec) throughput when using the ovftool to import a VM on a 1Gbps LAN? I would assume there is some type of...
View ArticleProblems importing VMX file from Workstation 7
I have a VMX file that I am trying to import to Vsphere server and getting an error on the disk. I tried using the GUI Converter tool as a test, and it successfully imports. Here is my command:...
View ArticleOVA template deployment - sysprepping and customizing the deployment
Hello,I am seeking guidance on automation\customization of an OVA deployment. Looking to use an OVA due to it's compression ability which is favorable when needing to transfer a VMWare virtual machine...
View ArticleProblem extracting OVA using latest OVFTool
I have a .ova created supplied to me that I'd like to open on several local copies of VMWare Workstation. On one machine I am able to open it successfully. On another using VMWare Workstation I get...
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 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 ArticleOVF wizard drop down list window too narrow
My OVF file creates a drop down list for the user to select which type of VM to deploy.The window that vSphere "Deploy OVF template" wizard uses to display this list is too narrow to display the whole...
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 ArticleMaximum (realistic) sizes for OVA/OVF format and export?
Hi- has anyone hit any problems with exporting large (e.g. > 1TB) VMs in OVA/OVF format? I realise that you can split the files generated, but leaving aside any issues to do with the file-system on...
View ArticleError converting OVF to VMX -- virtualbox-3?
I am trying to convert a .ovf to a .vmx using the ovftool utility in terminal on OSX 10.6.8. USING the --lax command, the result I get is as follows: Opening OVF source:...
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 ArticleOVF 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 ArticleSegmentation Fault when using vcloud target
I'm trying to use ovftool to automate OVA deployments to vCloud Director 5.1. I have installed ovftool 3.0.1 on Ubuntu and tested out some operations. Everything seems to work except that I always get...
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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 ArticleEscaping backslashes (or other special characters) in the FTP locator
Using ovftool 3.0.1, I cannot figure out how to escape the backslash character when specifying the username and password in an FTP locator on the command line. $ ovftool...
View ArticleInclude advanced CPU settings in OVF/OVA
Is it possible to include the advanced CPU settings for a VM when you build an OVF/OVA with ovftool? My VM must have VT-x enabled (nested virtualization) and the default setting seem to be disabled....
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