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Remember to set the Virtual Machine name you like, the datastore you want, and point it at the server you want to deploy to.
2. Importing the OVA file to an ESXi Datacenter via vCenter using ovftool
- Numerous attempts were made to import this OVA using the vSphere HTML5 Client, with Chrome, Chromium and Firefox as browser:
- Every attempt timed out.
- We have yet to experience a failed import of this OVF using ovftool:
- For this reason ovftool is recommended for importing OVAs' via vCenter
You can import the OVA file into an ESXi Datacenter via vCenter using ovftool, from the PC or server you run ovftool. Run commands like this:
In this example the vCenter 6.5 install has created:
FQDN 'photon-machine' with
user '
administrator
',sso domain name '
vsphere.localdomain
', andsso password '
Vagrant1!
'which must be escaped when used in this context using ovftool:
escaped password: '
Vagrant1\!
'
- ovftool option that should be determined appropriate to this use case for this OVA import:
- --diskMode
Specify the disk format. You can specify the following formats:
monolithicSparse
monolithicFlat
twoGbMaxExtentSparse
twoGbMaxExtentFlat
seSparse
(vSphere target)eagerZeroedThick
(vSphere target)thin
(vSphere target)thick
(vSphere target)sparse
flat
- --diskMode
Determine the Datacenter available options: Determine the Datacenter host IP or FQDN: Import Opmantek-20200708-VM9-Centos7.2003-3-64bit.ova which is in the current directory, in this example using vSphere option --diskMode=thin: |
3. Upgrade the Virtual machine hardware version (optional)
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