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OVF Tool Command Syntax to Export and Deploy OVA/OVF Packages (1038709)

Last Updated: 8/25/2023Categories: InformationalTotal Views: 122360Language:
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Purpose

This article provides the sample syntax to export, deploy, 1-step export and, deploy packages in vCenter Server using the OVF Tool

Resolution

Install the OVF Tool

Download the ovftool

Open a Windows command prompt with administrator privileges (cmd.exe)

Navigate to the directory where you installed ovftool (default location: cd “<C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware> OVF Tool”)

Using the OVF Tool to export

Use the following command to export to OVF:
ovftool.exe –noSSLVerify vi://ip_of_esxi_host where the machine resides/name of source_machine “D:\ovf_export_name.ovf”

Using the OVF Tool deploy

Use the following command to deploy a OVF:
ovftool -ds=DestinationDatastore -n=DestinationVMName OVF.ovf vi://username:password@vCenter2/Datacenter2/host/Cluster2

Using OVF Tool 1-step to export and deploy

Use the following command to export and deploy a OVF:
ovftool.exe --X:logLevel=trivia --X:logToConsole --datastore=datastorename "<path file of ovf>" "vi://administrator:Password@<vc fqdn ip or vc>Datacenter/host/Cluster/<Host IP or FQDN>"

Notes:

--X:logLevel=trivia --X:logToConsole: These flags enable trivia logging and output to command prompt which assists with troubleshooting.

Some additional flags may be required in order to successfully export or deploy:

--disableVerification
--X:skipContentLength
--noSSLVerify
--acceptAllEulas

For more information:

OVT Tool User's Guide Command-Line Options

"PostNFCData failed : IO error" using the Host Client deploying a virtual machine from OVF template

"Deployed an OVF with NVRAM is not supported" error deploying an OVF in vSphere 6.7

Unable to deploy OVF from vCenter Server 7.0 vSphere Client using HTTPS Proxy

Related Information

For more information, see the OVF Tool Documentation.

Note: OVF export and deploy are integrated into the vSphere Client.

vCenter Server でパッケージをエクスポート、デプロイ、ワンステップ エクスポートおよびデプロイするためのサンプルの ovftool コマンド構文
用于在 vCenter Server 中导出、部署以及一步导出和部署软件包的 ovftool 示例命令语法

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