VMware OVF Tool Release Notes
What's in the Release NotesThese release notes cover the following topics:About the OVF ToolOVF Tool 4.4.0 Patch 1 coincides with vSphere 7.0 Patch 1. VMware OVF Tool is a command-line utility that allows you to import and export OVF packages to and from virtual machines running on VMware virtualization platforms. OVF Tool gets called internally by many VMware products. Before You BeginYou can download the OVF Tool for installation on Windows 64-bit or 32-bit, Linux 64-bit or 32-bit, Mac OS X 64-bit, and ARM 64-bit. The OVF Tool landing page provides a link to the software download group for each release. OVF Tool 4.4.0 Patch 1 supports the same operating systems as OVF Tool 4.4. What's New?This is a patch release of OVF Tool. See resolved issues below Compatibility NoticesWhen customers try to install vCenter Server 7.0 from a browser on Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina, a popup dialog appears saying “vcsa-deploy.bin cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified” and installation fails with error “ovftool cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified.” This is due to greater security in Catalina. OVF Tool called by vcsa-deploy is not notarized for Apple. One workaround in Chrome browser is to click the dialog and type thisisunsafe to proceed. A more universal workaround is to run the following commands in Terminal:
Resolved IssuesFixed in this release:
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