Server Fault Stack Exchange
Server Fault Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [ovf]

Open Virtualization Format (OVF) is an open standard for packaging and distributing virtual appliances or more generally software to be run in virtual machines.

Open Virtualization Format (OVF) is an open standard for packaging and distributing virtual appliances or more generally software to be run in virtual machines.

The standard describes an "open, secure, portable, efficient and extensible format for the packaging and distribution of software to be run in virtual machines". The OVF standard is not tied to any particular hypervisor or processor architecture. The unit of packaging and distribution is a so called OVF Package which may contain one or more virtual systems each of which can be deployed to a virtual machine.

For more information, see:

45 questions
8
votes
2 answers

Export VM from Hyper-v as OVF

Using Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V. I'm migrating all our VMs from Hyper-V to VMWare, and in order to facilitate this I've been asked by our IT support to provide them with the VM in .ovf format. So far I've shutdown and exported the VM from…
TheOrdinaryGeek
  • 419
  • 1
  • 4
  • 11
5
votes
2 answers

Uploading an OVA to vSphere as template, not VM

I'm interested in uploading an OVA or OVF template on local file storage to vSphere without immediately deploying it as a VM. Some things I've looked into: doesn't seem like you can do this through the Flash or HTML UI Terraform currently doesn't…
howdoievenexist
  • 151
  • 1
  • 6
5
votes
1 answer

Any way to convert qcow2 to ovf?

In our application we are downloading a qcow2 image and after that we are supposed to import that as OVF. So any way to convert qcow2 --> OVF or qcow2 --> vmdk(using qemu-img convert) --> ovf .
Reuben
  • 167
  • 1
  • 1
  • 4
5
votes
3 answers

deploy a VMWare ESX ofv template directly from a local datastore

I have an ovf template sitting on an esx's local datastore and am looking to deploy it to that same data store. can I do this directly?
Arthur Ulfeldt
  • 3,219
  • 9
  • 31
  • 40
4
votes
1 answer

virt-convert OVF to KVM

I use a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization system and need to get a VM off the system an onto a standalone box running KVM. Red Hat don't seem to support a way to do this, but commented that the latest virt-convert should do it. I tried copying…
user62545
  • 73
  • 1
  • 3
  • 5
4
votes
2 answers

I need a VPS that lets me upload my own OVF

I have an existing VM that I can export as OVF, and I want to just import it wholesale into another VPS. This is a one-time job to help some folks who aren't very tech savvy migrate a service, and I'm trying to minimize my involvement. Does anybody…
Justin Force
  • 338
  • 1
  • 5
  • 14
3
votes
2 answers

Deploy OVF Package Fails

Using vSphere client I am trying to import a VM that was exported from VirtualBox. I exported an .ova file from VirtualBox, I then used VMVware OVF Tool to modify the file .ova and create the following three files; myVm.mf myVm.ovf myVm.vmdk When…
TheOrdinaryGeek
  • 419
  • 1
  • 4
  • 11
3
votes
0 answers

Creating OVF headless with generated vmdk

I am looking to create an OVF file during a nightly build process. I currently have this process creating a qcow2 image, which I convert to vmdk using qemu. qemu-img convert -f qcow2 ${image_name} -O vmdk ${image_name}.vmdk The process I am…
Shayne
  • 31
  • 2
3
votes
5 answers

Export OVF fails with "File not found" error

Good morning/afternoon/evening all: I am having an issue with a single Virtual machine when it comes to exporting an OVA/OVF. I recieve a "File not found" error that appears to be pointing in the wrong directory...My process is Clone Live virtual…
IT_User
  • 211
  • 1
  • 2
  • 15
3
votes
0 answers

Convert ESXi 5.0 & 5.5 VM's to Xenserver 6.5

I'm looking to convert about 50 esxi vm's to xenserver 6.5. I am running the free version of xenserver 6.5. I've seen posts for the citrix xen converter tool and I've tried out the VMware OVF Conversion Tool with some vmdk/vmx files but did not have…
jrd1989
  • 628
  • 10
  • 35
3
votes
2 answers

Does Hyper-V support digital signatures with VHD disk files?

Does Hyper-V provide a mechanism (like ESX/vSphere) to identify digitally signed VHD files? Is it even possible to sign a VHD file? Background: I am trying to provide a virtual appliance to my prospective customers, which they could just import in…
grv
  • 33
  • 4
3
votes
2 answers

Convert from VMDK to OVF

How can I convert a VMDK to OVF?
Phill Fernandes
  • 93
  • 1
  • 1
  • 8
3
votes
3 answers

Why does OVFTool hang randomly?

Some great helpers here have shown me the VMWare OVF tool for template deployment. My problem is that the tool itself stops at the "Disk Transfer Completed" step half the time I use it. This seems to be random, and when it happens I have to…
Billy ONeal
  • 151
  • 2
  • 4
  • 16
3
votes
0 answers

What the best way to export a Vagrant box to OVF?

My goal was to create a Virtual Machine programmatically like you would do for a container with docker and be able to export it in an OVF. So I used Vagrant to create the VM. Combining Vagrant and Packer I found 3 ways to achieve this with…
noraj
  • 241
  • 2
  • 8
2
votes
1 answer

VMWare converter: Can it do static conversion from Hyper-V or does it require connection to ESX?

We have a Hyper-V host and are moving the VMs to VMWare ESX. VMWare Converter seems to be the only tool available. (I thought Hyper-V could save/export to OVF, but I seem to be mistaken.) The question is: Can VMWare Converter do a static conversion…
Jonesome Reinstate Monica
  • 5,347
  • 9
  • 54
  • 80
1
2 3