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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:
- -ds="datastore_name-number"
- Required if the selected Datacenter has more than one datastore
- -nw="network_name-number"
- Required if the selected Datacenter has more than one network network
- -dm
--diskModeSpecify 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
- -ds="datastore_name-number"
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