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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
Determine the Datacenter name: 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: |
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