
Vmware Ovf Tool Linux Software
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This software handles Open Virtualization Format (OVF) packages created with previous versions of the OVF Tool, and produces files compatible with OVF specifications 1.0 and 0.9. OVF Tool 4.3 provides these new features for security and functionality.
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Overview
The VMware OVF Tool is a conversion program freely downloadable from VMware that assists in the distribution of virtual machines (VMs) and vApps, converting them between OVF, VMX and OVA formats. It also includes a command‑line facility to import and export OVF packages between environments or from third party suppliers. The OVF Tool is a command‑line interface (CLI) tool only.
OVF (Open Virtualisation Format) is a packaging standard created by leading virtualisation vendors. It is a platform independent, efficient, open packaging and distribution format for virtual machines.
VMX (the VM configuration file) is a simple text file with various parameters relating to the guest Virtual Machine.
The OVA file extension is associated with Open Virtual Machine Format. Compared to the OVF file format, the OVA format contains all VM files and *.ovf files compressed into one single OVA archive file instead of many files in a folder.
Downloading the OVF Tool
You can download the OVF Tool via the following link:
You must have a VMware account to download the tool. You can download the OVF Tool for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit, Linux 32-bit and 64-bit, or Mac OS X.
After downloading and installing the OVF Tool, you must then go to the directory in which you installed the tool to run it. There is no icon or program logo on your desktop for the OVF Tool, so to launch it, you must use the command prompt. Go to the installation folder and run:
Getting started with the OVF Tool
The OVF Tool is a CLI tool, so some level of familiarity with CMD commands helps in using the tool. There are a number of help commands, which are a good source of information:
You can also find the OVF Tool User Guide at:
Basic import and export commands
You'll mainly use the OVF Tool to import (deploy) and export VMs or appliances into and out of your UKCloud environment.
The basic syntax to do this using the OVF Tool is:
Refer to the OVF Tool User Guide for further commands and switches.
Importing a .vmx file to a vApp template in vCloud Director
To import a .vmx
file:
In your UKCloud environment, create a catalog to contain the vApp template.
For detailed instructions, see How to create a catalog.
Make sure you are in the correct directory, that is, the directory containing the file you want to import.
Run the following command:
Where:
vCloudTemplate
indicates that you're uploading a new vApp templateacceptAllEulas
indicates that you accept all end user licence agreementsoverwrite
indicates that you're replacing an existing vApp with the new one being uploadedfilename
is the name of the.vmx
file that are importingusername
is your UKCloud Portal user IDapiURL
is your vCloud Director API URL. This URL is different depending on the region in which your environment is located. For more information, see How to access vCloud Director through the vCloud API.computeServiceID
is the ID of your UKCloud compute service (sometimes also called an org or vOrg)vappTemplate
is the ID of the vApp templatecatalogID
is the ID of the catalog in which the vApp template is located
For example:
[!TIP]Make sure you use double quotes (
'
) rather than single quotes ('
).The
.vmx
file is uploaded as a vApp template into your environment.In vCloud Director, expand the Recent Tasks section to check the status.
Importing an .iso file to a vApp template in vCloud Director
To upload an ISO image:
Make sure you are in the correct directory, that is, the directory containing the ISO file you want to import.
Run the following command:
Where:
sourceType
(orst
) indicates the type of the source file:ISO
pathfilename.iso
is the full location of the source.iso
file you want to importusername
is your UKCloud Portal user IDapiURL
is your vCloud Director API URL. This URL is different depending on the region in which your environment is located. For more information, see How to access vCloud Director through the vCloud API.targetVDC
is the VDC where you want to upload the filecomputeServiceID
is the ID of your UKCloud compute service (sometimes also called an org or vOrg)name
is the name to display for the file in vCloud DirectorcatalogID
is the ID of the catalog to which you want to upload the file
For example:
[!TIP]Make sure you use double quotes (
'
) rather than single quotes ('
).When the
ovftool
command has finished, the source and target locations are listed and then you're prompted for your username and password. When you are authenticated, the upload process is initiated.
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