OVF Tool User’s Guide
About This Book
Overview of the OVF Tool
The Open Virtualization Format
The OVF Standard
Benefits of OVF
Using the VMware OVF Tool
VMware Platforms Using the OVF Standard
Setting Up the OVF Tool
OVF Tool Highlights
Examples of OVF Tool Use
Importing and Exporting OVF Using vSphere Client
VMware OVF Tool Delta Disk Facilities
Using the VMware OVF Tool
Definitions and Command Syntax
Run VMware OVF Tool From the Command Line
Run OVF Tool With ESXi and vCenter Target Locations
Deploy a Virtual Machine to Static DVS Port Group
Command-Line Options
Creating and Using the VM ID
Specifying Disk ID to Set Size
Specifying the Storage Profile ID
More Help Topics
Using the Log Settings
Specifying a Locator
File Locators
URL File or Web Syntax
vSphere Locators
vCloud Director Locators
Partial Locators
Configuration Files
Handling Authentication
Launching the OVF Tool as a Helper Process
Examples of OVF Tool Syntax
Supported File Types and Package Formats
Changing File or Package Formats
Converting an OVF Package to an OVA Archive
Converting an OVA Archive to OVF Package
Converting VMX Format to an OVF Package
Converting VMX Format to an OVA Archive
Converting an OVA Archive to VMX Format
Converting an OVF Package to VMX Format
Installing an ESXi host from an OVF Package
Installing an ESXi host from an OVF Package on a Web Server
Installing an ESXi host or Adding Files from a VMX Format
Installing a vCenter Server or Adding Files from an OVF Package
Converting a VM on ESXi or vCenter Server to an OVF Package
Installing vCenter Server from an OVF Package Using an Inventory Path
Setting OVF Package Properties
Setting OVF Properties When Deploying to vSphere or vCloud Director
Setting OVF Network Maps When Deploying to vSphere
Setting a vService Dependency
Modifying an OVF Package
Renaming the OVF Package
Omitting Disks in the VMware OVF Tool Output
Compressing an OVF Package
Chunking or Splitting OVF Packages
Deploying OVF Packages
Deploying an OVF Package Directly on an ESXi Host
Deploying an OVF Package to vCenter Server
Deploying an OVF Package and Powering It On
Deploying an OVF Package into vCloud Director
Deploying an OVF Package into a vApprun Workspace
Importing an OVF Package
Importing an OVF File into a vCloud instance
Importing a Virtual Machine from vSphere to vCloud
Importing VMX Files into a vApprun Workspace
Exporting Virtual Machines to OVF Packages
Exporting a Virtual Machine from a vCloud instance to an OVF Package
Exporting a Running Virtual Machine or vApp from vSphere
Exporting a vApprun Entity to an OVF Package
Displaying Summary Information
Validating an OVF 1.0 or OVF 1.1 Descriptor
Downloading an OVF Package from a Protected Web Site
Using a Proxy
Overwriting a Running Virtual Machine or vApp from vSphere
Canceling the VMware OVF Tool While it Is Running
OVF Package Signing
Creating an RSA Public/Private Key Pair and Certificate
Signing an OVF Package
Validating an OVF Package
Using the VMware OVF Tool Probe Mode
About OVF Tool Probe Mode
Example of Probe Mode
Using the VMware OVF Tool Machine Mode
About Machine Mode
Running Machine Output
Running machineOutput in Probe Mode
Running machineOutput in Validate Host Mode
Running machineOutput in Import to vSphere Mode
Running the Machine Mode Export from vSphere Operation
Example Output
Output from Running machineOutput in Probe Mode
Output from Running machineOutput in Validate Host Mode
Output from Running machineOutput in Import Mode
Output from Running machineOutput in Export Mode