The VMware OVF Tool converts an OVF VM image into VMX format, so the VM image can be used with VMware Converter.
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There is unfortunately a bug in OVF Tool 3.0.1 on Mac that causes OVF Tool not to work if the current directory is not the same as the installation directory! For example, if you have made a symbolic link to OVF Tool or have OVF Tool in the path, you will see the following error: ovftool Err.
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Notes
You don’t need this tool if you are importing images directly from a VMware hypervisor, such as ESXi, VMware Workstation, or VMware Fusion into Skytap; OVF Tool is a supplemental tool that supports VMware Converter.
Some VirtualBox OVA files are incompatible with VMware products. For more information, see https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/7982.
When you export a virtual machine as an OVF file, you create a directory that contains an OVF file and the virtual disk files. You might consider an OVF as an archive of all the files that belong to the OVF directory. OVA is a single file distribution of the same OVF file package. The OVF and OVA formats offer the following advantages. Ovftool mac, VMware OVF Tool is a command line utility that supports importing and exporting of OVF packages. OVF enables efficient, flexible, and secure distribution of enterprise software, facilitating the mobility of virtual machines and giving customers vendor and platform independence.
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Downloading and installing the OVF Tool
The VMware OVF Tool (and OVF Tool User Guide) can be downloaded for free from: http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/ovf/
Install this utility on the local machine where the VM images reside. Create separate directories for the original and converted VM images. The following is an example of these steps on a Windows machine:
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Download OVF Tool and install it to the following location:
Create a directory for the image that you want to convert:
Create a separate directory where the tool can put the converted VMX image:
Converting the OVF file to VMX
To convert the OVF file to VMX
Open a command prompt.
Navigate to where OVF Tool is installed:
Run the OVF Tool:
The first section of the command includes the name and location of the source OVF file. The second section determines where the VMX file will be created.
To see all of the help options for the OVF Tool, type ovftool --help.
If the OVF converter tool reports an error similar to the following: