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MACOS OVF tool

# aditya @ Adityas-MacBook-Pro in /Applications/VMware OVF Tool [14:45:05] C:1$ ./ovftool /Users/aditya/VirtualBox\ VMs/Windows\ 2000/Windows\ 2000\ Professional.vmx /Users/aditya/VirtualBox\...

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ovftool v4.4 failing on extra config even when passing --allowExtraConfig

After upgrading to ovftool v4.4, ovftool started breaking on a specific ExtraConfig parameter. It seems to be working correctly with all other ExtraConfigs, but adding a specific entry is causing it to...

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Deploy vof template to vSphere

I want to deploy some vof template to vSphere, but I don't want to deploy them by manually next step and next step. Can I deploy them use PowerCLI or other ways? What should I do?

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Can't install in Debian 11

Hello,I'm trying to install OVF Tool in Debian 11 without luck...sudo ./VMware-ovftool-4.4.0-16360108-lin.x86_64.bundleExtracting VMware Installer...done.Traceback (most recent call last):  File...

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ovf template for including different license agreement text not working as...

Hi, I am working on one migration where I expected to generate custom ovf template for my product.I used the earlier version ovf template and it was working in those version perfectly In new ovf...

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How to install OVFTOOL on ESXi 6.7

I have downloaded and place the Linux file VMware-ovftool-4.4.0-15722219-lin.x86_64.bundle on ESXi but cannot install.  I want to run the OVF tool on the ESXi server onto a datastore. It's a 1-2 TB...

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automate vapp property creation with api or ovftool?

hi..i'm creating a vm via packer automation,  i was wondering if there's after creation to use ovftool or even a direct api call to vcenter to add vapps properties i'm talking about version, vendor,...

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VMware ESXi 7.0

I am trying to build a solution for a small business with 17 computers. I run a Windows Server 2012 R2 on a VMware Server 7.0. I have the Windows Server 2012 R2 running as a VM on VMware Workstation...

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ovftool install fails on CentOS 8 due to libpython3.8.so.1.0 missing

Hi all - as this is supported on RHEL, I am using a CentOS 8 machine and am unable to install this new version.  I had v4.3 installed without issues but v4.4 is failing due to libpython3.8.so.1.0 and I...

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ovftool install fails due to libpython3.7m.so.1.0 missing

The install of ovftool from VMware-ovftool-4.4.0-15722219-lin.x86_64.bundle on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS fails. Please advise how to proceed.root@ubuntu-qcore:/tmp# cat /etc/os-release...

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Open .ovf file from workstation 15 (Fail to read from file: c:\)

i am export the vm from vCenter Appliance and try to open with vmware workstation 15 it error out "Open .ovf file from workstation 15 (Fail to read from file: c:\)"

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Powercli Export a specific disk of a VM

Good morning to all, I’ve been trying to find a few posts around, but I haven’t found anything on the subject. I would need to create a script to export a specific disk of a virtual machine. I thought...

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OVF Deploy (Avaya Equinox) - Very slow

Hello Guys, Please, could you help me if your experience in the case below? I trying to do a deploy from OVF (Application Avaya Equinox), but it is very slow. Today I start the task at 06:06 pm. I...

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Allow ovftool to handle multiple datastores

Is there a way to map multiple datastores when moving VMs with ovftool?   People have been asking for this for years:...

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Create an OVF with no disks

Hi everyone, I'm totally new to this forum. I've already done my research about the question I'm going to ask and unfortunately couln't find any valid answers. So the question is: would it be possible...

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Validations on OVF Properties

Hi, I am customizing an OVF template XML by adding OVF properties.  I have a few questions related to validating the properties. 1) If a property doesn't succeed the validation test (say, it falls...

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Not able to deploy OVA via OVF Tool. I think network mapping is wrong.

I am trying to deploy OVA via OVF tool. The OVA has two network mappings, Out of Band Management and Public. I entered the following for the deployment.ovftool --acceptAllEulas --name=test -dm=thin...

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OVFTools on ESXi

Hi to all,with a deploy of 5.90 GB ovf file I'm spending a lot of time. I'm using the ovftool.bin inside ESXi 6.5 and I would like to try the latest version of ovftool, where I can download it for ESXi...

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ovftool exports only the vmdk files

Hello all,we have a big problem with the ovftool on centos 7.When we run an export with the ovftool on a centos 7 machine from our vcenter 5.5, only the *.vmdk files will exported but not the *.vmx...

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ovftool drops query parameters for http sources

Why does ovftool appear to drop the query parameters for HTTP OVA sources? I have an OVA stored in an S3 like storage and am trying to use a presigned URL as the source to ovftool. $ ovftool...

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