![]() ![]() Show information about the content of any source in probe mode.Provides options to power on a VM or vApp after deployment, and to power off a virtual machine or vApp before exporting (caution advised).Deploys and exports vApp configurations on vSphere 4.0 (and all newer) targets and on vCloud Director 1.5 (and all newer) targets.Accesses OVF sources using HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, or from a local file.Directly converts between any vSphere, vCloud Director, VMX, or OVF source format to any vSphere, vCloud Director, VMX, or OVF target format.Supports import and generation of OVA packages (OVA is part of the OVF standard, and contains all the files of a virtual machine or vApp in a single file.).The VMware OVF Tool provides the following key features: Companies that contributed to the OVF standard include VMware, Dell, HP, IBM, Microsoft, XenSource, and Citrix. It originated from the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) after vendor initiative. The OVF specification describes a secure, portable, efficient, and flexible method to package and distribute virtual machines and components. If you follow the steps in the below (How) section, you can start exporting your VM in less than 10 min. ![]() Maybe, I’ll write more about this tool in new blog posts. Here, I want to show you how to download and install it, and then how to use it from a Windows machine. I know it is an old tool, nevertheless, is still very functional and powerful. ![]() The VMware Tool is implemented by VMware for easily importing and exporting virtual machines in Open Virtualization Format (OVF) standard format. I’ll also use this post as a quick introduction to the VMware OVF Tool. So, first, be sure the connection is fine, otherwise, this workaround won’t work either. Usually, the problem with this operation is the web browser in use, but more often than not, the real issue is the network connectivity between the ESXi host and the target client machine. Export a Virtual Machine using the VMware OVF Tool, is a workaround for a previous post “ Unable to export OVF template.” I still see a lot of people having issues in exporting a VMware OVF file using the conventional VMware procedure. ![]()
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