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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.

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Virtualization_Format

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How can I export a VirtualBox machine to OVA appliance using Python?

I need to create (export) a virtual machine (VirtualBox) to a OVA/OVF appliance. I tried to use the IMachine.export_to() method (through pyvbox wrapper) like this: import virtualbox from virtualbox.library import ExportOptions vbox =…
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Parse for attribute in xml namespace with element tree

Using the following XML file, which is a vmware OVF: I need to change foo.vmdk to bar.vmdk I used Element tree to parse through the file and he output showed me the namespace for each element >>> for elem in…
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Packer delete cached iso

I'm using packer for ova files creation. I'm running it on a nested ESXi. I couldn't find a way to delete the cached iso, which is stored by default at: /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/packer_cache/*.iso (assuming that I'm using datastore1 as my…
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XSL Modify Based on Command Line Param

I've got the following XML excerpt. The full XML is the OVF definition.
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Custom Open Virtual Format (OVF)

As everyone knows OVF is Open Virtual Format for exporting virtual appliances it is helps in many aspects and reliable. I got to know about OVF from wiki Open Virtualization Format. Hypervisors like VMware bare-metal hypervisor, Virtualbox,…
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Ovftool error "Unsupported value" when converting a virtual machine

I get some ovf images. And I have a problem when I try to import on vSphere. I was looking at solutions but I could not find it. When I do a "deploy ovf template" on vCenter, I get an error: The OVF package requires unsupported hardware. Detail:…
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Validations on OVF Properties on Vcenter deployment

I am customizing an OVF template XML by adding OVF properties. I have a question related to validating the properties. If a property doesn't succeed the validation test (say, it falls short of a MinLength check), then I see a red warning right…
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Is there any way to Run vmx file over vsphere Client?

I was basically importing OVF file to Deploy OVF template but it was throwing an error Unsupported Hardware Family for its solution I need to convert it into vmx format now I want to know how can create VM with vmx file over Vsphere Client.
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using pyVmomi to configure SRIOV on VM

Using Python 2.7.6 I am looking for the capability to deploy a VM from an OVF and then configure an SRIOV network device on it (similar to using the vsphere web ui -> Add network adapter -> change network adapter type to SRIOV) This requires two…
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sudo ./VMware-ovftool-4.3.0-13981069-lin.x86_64.bundle /var/tmp/scllpy5Nh: line 8: ./VMware-ovftool-4.3.0-13981069-lin.x86_64.bundle: Permission denie

I am trying install ovftool 4.3 on my centos 6; but initially I had installed ovftool 4.2; but for now requirement I need ovftool 4.3, but getting error when I run this sudo ./VMware-ovftool-4.3.0-1398106-lin.x86_64.bundle, this is the same cmd…
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Ship docker image as an OVF

I have developed an application and am using docker to build it. I would like to ship it as a VMware OVF package. What are my options? How do I ship it so customer can deploy it in their VMware environment? Also I am using a base Ubuntu image and…
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