When you run machineOutput in validate host mode, OVF Tool reports the following status sequence:

1

AUTHENTICATION (zero or more)

2

VALIDATEHOST (exactly one)

3

PROGRESS (exactly one)

4

TARGET_ID (exactly one)

5

RESULT (exactly one)

To run the machineOutput option in validate host mode, you run the following command.

ovftool.exe --machineOutput --verifyOnly source_locator destination_locator

For an example, see Output from Running machineOutput in Validate Host Mode.