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You can import the OVA file directly into ESXi using VMware ovftool, from the PC or server you run ovftool. Run the command like this:
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Remember to set the Virtual Machine name you like, the datastore you want, the network you want, and point it at the server you want to deploy to.
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- Numerous attempts were made to import this OVA using the VMware 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 VMware commandline tool ovftool:
- For this reason VMware commandline tool ovftool is recommended for importing OVAs' via VMware vCenter
You can import the OVA file into an a VMware ESXi Datacenter via VMware vCenter using VMware ovftool, from the PC or server you run ovftool. Run commands like this:
In this example the VMware 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\!
'
- VMware 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
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