How to reduce the size of OVF file?
How to reduce the size of OVF file? I am very new to OVF template feature and I created an OVF file from windows 7 VM. I created this OVF file from vSphere client (5.1) by using the export template...
View Articlerun ovftool error , anyone helps?
i am using ovftool (verisn 2.01), and i have got some error as below, anyone ever met these? SOS (1)command:"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool\ovftool.exe" --X:logToConsole...
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 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...
View Articleovftool VM->ova/f fails with SHA1 digest of file . . . disk.iso does not...
I'm trying to create an OVA file from an installed VM. If I try creating it with ovftool 3.5, it downloads everything completely then gives me the following error:SHA1 digest of file...
View ArticleERROR: Not a supported disk format(Invalid sparse VMDK header)
Hi All, I have just come across ovftool and was giving a try to it. I am fairly new to VMware world.I have a .OVF which I exported using vSphere client 4.0. This .OVF comprises of 3 Suse Linux based...
View ArticleError: Device 'cdrom1' has a backing type that is not supported.
Hi, I'm getting the following error when trying to convert from VMX to OVF: ovftool ./n1dps/Solaris\ 10\ 64-bit\ Single\ Partition.vmx ./ovf/n1dps.knerr.us.ovfOpening VMX source: ./n1dps/Solaris...
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 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 ArticleHow do I keep vmxnet3 NIC type when exporting to OVF/OVA
Hi,I exported a VM from my ESXi 4.0.0 server using ovftool for Windows but the type of NIC seems to have been changed as part of the conversion. It was VMXNET3 on the host but ends up being VMXNET in...
View ArticleOVF TOOL Community moving to Automation Tools Branch...
Folks, We will be moving this community into the Automation Tools Community within the VMTN. New Location: http://vmware.com/go/sysadmintools When: Thursday May 27th 12 Noon PST We expect impact to be...
View ArticleOVA to VMX using OVFTool in Mac OSx Terminal Problem
Hello, I am new to OVFTool and am having difficulty using it in Terminal on my MacBook Pro to convert an OVA (created by exporting my WinXp virtual machine from within VirtualBox), to a VMX file for...
View Articleovftool sanfs://..../linux.iso was not found
Hi, I'm trying to convert VM into ovf. But ovftool fails with the message: ./ovftool --powerOffSource vi://administrator:xxxxx@host/?ip=192.168.1.22 myovf.ovfOpening VI source:...
View ArticleDeploy ovf from within the datastore help
Hi, I currently am trying to deploy an ovf onto an esxi machine. The ovf is currently located on the destination esxi machine. Here is the command I was trying to use: .\ovftool "https://<ip...
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 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 ArticleError loading Operating System
I recently had an issue where I exported a VM as an OVF using the vSphere client, a few weeks later I needed to import the VM back into our environment and after importing I received an "Error loading...
View ArticleUnsupported element 'Property' from ovftool and ESXi server
I'm trying to use the ovftool to import a OVA file into a ESXi server. However I get the following error Error: OVF Package is not supported by target: - Line 118: Unsupported element...
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 ArticleHow does one include a vmx file entry into an ovf file template?
In order to run our VM on Workstation 9 and ESX 5.1 it is necessary to enter the following in our .vmx file: timeTracker.lazyApic = "FALSE" This is necessary to keep the timer ticks from being...
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