Questions tagged [ovf]
Open Virtualization Format (OVF) is an open standard for packaging and distributing virtual appliances or more generally software to be run in virtual machines.
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AWS: error on import of OVF/OVA file from a VMWare ESXi
My goal is to migrate a VM from VMWare to AWS EC2.
I exported the "OVF+VMDK" file from VMWare ESXI 6.5.
I also converted to an OVA file to be able to test both OVF and OVA format.
I followed ...
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Some idiot ran `sudo rm -rf /*` to factory reset a Kemp LoadMaster. How do I restore?
So I recently bought a Kemp LoadMaster. The seller was an idiot and "Factory reset" The machine. But to reset the machine, he logged in as 'bal' and ran sudo rm -rm /*. So when I get the ...
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ovftool import succeeds but VM is not able to be found
So I am importing a VM using the following command:
ovftool.exe --name="test_VM2" --datastore="vsanDatastore" C:\Users\testuser\Desktop\VM_Exports\test_server.ova "...
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VMWAre OVFtool export fails with error "Failed to create directory"
I am trying to export a VM using OVFtool running on a windows server
ovftool.exe --allowExtraConfig --noImageFiles --noSSLVerify "vi://xx.xx.xx.xx/myVM" "c:\myPath"
Enter login ...
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cloud-init userdata/metadata not loaded in ESXi
I'm using Terraform to provision virtual machines in an ESXi environment. I do this by having once manually imported the Ubuntu Focal Cloud Image as template and cloning virtual machines from it, with ...
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Failed to deploy OVF package. ThrowableProxy.cause A general system error occurred: Transfer failed: Invalid response code: 500
Versions:
ESXI: 7.0 Update 2 (build number 17867351)
VMware Workstation: 16.1.2 build-17966106
I exported a VM from QKVM (Qnap KVM) and been trying to import it into one of our ESXIs using vCenter, ...
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Using VMware ovftool to check existence of virtual machine (VM)?
What is the canonical way to use VMware's ovftool to query to see if a VM exists or not?
If I run this command:
ovftool vi://username@password@myvsphere/mydatacenter/vm/myvm
I might get this response:...
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I am trying to import a virtual appliance. It concludes with a failure. What might me wrong?
I uploaded an ova file to my bucket. I open the Cloud Shell online terminal. I set region and zone successfully. Then I run the following command to start the import.
gcloud compute instances import ...
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What the best way to export a Vagrant box to OVF?
My goal was to create a Virtual Machine programmatically like you would do for a container with docker and be able to export it in an OVF.
So I used Vagrant to create the VM. Combining Vagrant and ...
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ESXi 6.0 exports empty OVF files?
I've exported a few old VMs the last few days to clean up our environments. I was trying to reimport one and received an error in the ESXi web client. Upon investigation, I noticed that the majority ...
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Is there a way to convert qcow2 images to ovf format?
I have one qcow2 image. But, I need image in ovf format. I know there is already one answer here Any way to convert qcow2 to ovf?, but I don't have vCenter installed with me. So, i am looking for any ...
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vmware ovftool: cURL error: couldn't connect to server
Using vmware's ovftool to export/backup virtual machines from an ESXi 6.7 host fails with error cURL error: couldn't connect to server, even if the specified password and the FQDN/IP of the server is ...
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Distribute Virtual machine supporting multi platform of visualization
I would like to create a virtual machine for distribution,
My question is - how can I support all the major virtualization platforms?
(VmWare, VirtualBox & HyperV)
Is there an easy way to ...
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Uploading an OVA to vSphere as template, not VM
I'm interested in uploading an OVA or OVF template on local file storage to vSphere without immediately deploying it as a VM.
Some things I've looked into:
doesn't seem like you can do this through ...
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VMWare converter: Can it do static conversion from Hyper-V or does it require connection to ESX?
We have a Hyper-V host and are moving the VMs to VMWare ESX.
VMWare Converter seems to be the only tool available. (I thought Hyper-V could save/export to OVF, but I seem to be mistaken.)
The ...
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Importing Virtualbox to vsphere 6
I have exported my virtualbox vm (ovf 1.0) and ran the ovf tool:
.\ovftool.exe --lax 'C:\users\perryg\desktop\old dev box\old dev box.ova'
'C:\users\perryg\desktop\old dev box\old dev box.ovf'
That ...
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Import OVA once, deploy multiple
Is there a way using the ovftool to import an OVA image once and create multiple VMs from it?
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Deploy OVF Package Fails
Using vSphere client I am trying to import a VM that was exported from VirtualBox.
I exported an .ova file from VirtualBox, I then used VMVware OVF Tool to modify the file .ova and create the ...
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Export VM from Hyper-v as OVF
Using Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V.
I'm migrating all our VMs from Hyper-V to VMWare, and in order to facilitate this I've been asked by our IT support to provide them with the VM in .ovf ...
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Creating OVF headless with generated vmdk
I am looking to create an OVF file during a nightly build process. I currently have this process creating a qcow2 image, which I convert to vmdk using qemu.
qemu-img convert -f qcow2 ${image_name} -O ...
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Export OVF fails with "File not found" error
Good morning/afternoon/evening all:
I am having an issue with a single Virtual machine when it comes to exporting an OVA/OVF. I recieve a "File not found" error that appears to be pointing in the ...
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Copying snapshot to another machine
I currently have exported an OVA of certain systems so I have a complete backup. After certain changes were made ( additional users added to LDAP for example), I created a snapshot. Would I be able to ...
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How to export vCenter VM itself
I need to make a backup of the vCenter VM itself in OVF format. If I connect to vCenter using the vSphere client, the export to OVF option is greyed out. If I instead connect to one of the ESX hosts, ...
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Convert ESXi 5.0 & 5.5 VM's to Xenserver 6.5
I'm looking to convert about 50 esxi vm's to xenserver 6.5. I am running the free version of xenserver 6.5. I've seen posts for the citrix xen converter tool and I've tried out the VMware OVF ...
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VMWare ESXi error: Failed to deploy OVF package: Invalid configuration for device '6'
I am trying to install a Windows 8.1 from http://modern.ie on an ESXi 5.5 server using the vSphere client. When I try to deploy the OVF template I get the following error message:
Failed to deploy ...
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Get Access to root of Linux based virtual Appliance / Machine [closed]
I have installed an OVF on an ESXi standalone host, the virtual appliance is Linux base and i need to get access to the Linux Kernel of virtual appliance and do some change on it. it seems access to ...
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Any way to convert qcow2 to ovf?
In our application we are downloading a qcow2 image and after that we are supposed to import that as OVF.
So any way to convert qcow2 --> OVF or qcow2 --> vmdk(using qemu-img convert) --> ...
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Does Hyper-V support digital signatures with VHD disk files?
Does Hyper-V provide a mechanism (like ESX/vSphere) to identify digitally signed VHD files? Is it even possible to sign a VHD file?
Background:
I am trying to provide a virtual appliance to my ...
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converting Ganeti instance to vmdk fails
I have exported an instance from ganeti using this command :
gnt-backup export -n
I get these files:
/srv/ganeti/export/win2k8.itlao.local# ls
6dac4bb5-19e9-4917-8233-39cecfbe0e39.disk0_data.snap ...
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Unable to Parse OVF
When trying to import an ovf to my ESXi5.1 box via Vmware convertor v4.0 i get the error :
Unable to parse OVF
When looking at the logs the only thing I see is
[#10] [2013-12-12 08:10:40.494 'App' ...
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Modify VM in OVA
I have an OVA that contains a vApp with 9 VMs inside. I need to make a change to the drive contents of one of the VMs in the OVA. The OVA takes a very long time to export from vSphere (24 hours). Is ...
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vSphere Client not allowing export of OVF template
I have a vm that I can access via vSphere Client and Remote Desktop (RDC). It is a Windows Server 2003 image. I am trying to export it locally via menu option OVF Template option. The option is ...
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How to import XenServer's ovf/ova/xva format to KVM?
Now I'm considering migrate from Xen to KVM. I exported some exist virtual machines from Xen in the formats ovf and xva. How could I import them into KVM?
As there're only a few of virtual machines, ...
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Does CloudStack support the Open Virtualization Format (OVF)?
The questions says it all. Can someone tell me the answer please? I have researched but I'm still not sure. Thanks.
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Shrink a Windows VM in XenServer
I faced a problem. I deployed a VM by size of 500GB on Citrix XenServer and now I want to shrink it, because I don't have enough space for snapshots. Now I want to perform an export/import to do this. ...
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Need to know how to change ip address and hostname after deploying OVF template
In ESX, I export OVF of my VM (configured as dhcp). Then In another ESX, I use "deploy OVF template" from file menu. My new VM appears working, except I could not change the IP address and hostname.
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virt-convert OVF to KVM
I use a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization system and need to get a VM off the system an onto a standalone box running KVM. Red Hat don't seem to support a way to do this, but commented that the ...
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I need a VPS that lets me upload my own OVF
I have an existing VM that I can export as OVF, and I want to just import it wholesale into another VPS. This is a one-time job to help some folks who aren't very tech savvy migrate a service, and I'm ...
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OVF disk formats
I thought that VMs exported as OVF were supposed to be completely portable, but now I see there are difference disk formats
I used the VMware ovf tool to export a VMX to OVF. The disk file created ...
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deploy a VMWare ESX ofv template directly from a local datastore
I have an ovf template sitting on an esx's local datastore and am looking to deploy it to that same data store. can I do this directly?
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How can i convert a VirtualBox's .vdi files to VMWare vmdk/ovf formt
Vsphere takes ovf file to create a Virtual Machine, but it also needs the vmdk which is the actual disk.
Would VMWare Converter be able to do this conversion? i have the .vdi files on Mac OSX. Maybe i ...
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Does anyone knows how to convert ovf file to img using centos?
I'm trying to instal nuxeo on centos and I'm using now xen to virtualize.
Nuxeo's downloads have not xen image. Only available ovf and vmware.
Is possible to make the conversion?
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Why does OVFTool hang randomly?
Some great helpers here have shown me the VMWare OVF tool for template deployment. My problem is that the tool itself stops at the "Disk Transfer Completed" step half the time I use it. This seems to ...
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need some way to convert QCOW2 to OVF or open QCOW2 on WINDOWS
is there a way to convert QCOW2 to OVF?
or is there a way to open an QCOW2 on WINDOWS (preferably free/open source)?
the problem is that ubuntu's virtual machine manager was used to create the image ...
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