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finally kicking off a project to get the 1000v in place. I'm super excited to get to work on this tech. I had been to training for the install and
Ovf Deployment Failed: File Ds:///vmfs/volumes/uuid/_deviceimage-0.iso Was Not Found
config a long time ago, so I've pretty much forgotten all of that failed to export virtual machine file iso was not found by now, but this time I actually get to do it and learn from my mistakes instead of doing a lab failed to deploy ovf package unable to access file out of a book First things first: your 1010′s will not come up if they can't talk to each other, so make sure the interfaces are up and configured. Second, there's a lot of
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info on how to upgrade the appliance software, and how to install VEMs (the virtual switches) into VMware, but that assumes that your VSM is up and running. I spent a lot of time confused about where to pull the software for the appliance VSM. It's in the zip that you pull for the VEM image, so that's helpful. But now you get to decide on which image
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to use, because there are 3 in the same directory (1 ISO and 2 OVA imagaes). One of the OVA files will have 1010 somewhere towards the end of the name, that's the one you need to use. The documentation posted on the Cisco site is also missing a rather critical piece of information. The doc says to create the VSM the image needs to be in bootflash. So of course I copied the image to the root of bootflash. Because that's what the doc says to do. When you try to create the VSM you get this: 1010(config-vsb-config)# virtual-service-blade-type new nexus-1000v.4.2.1.SV2.2.2.1010.ova
ERROR: ISO/OVA package not found Well crap, maybe it didn't copy…let's check: 1010(config-vsb-config)# dir
262644295 Jun 06 21:50:03 2014 Nexus1000v.VSG1.1.zip
77824 Sep 21 17:51:45 2013 accounting.log
4096 Sep 21 17:29:43 2013 core/
4096 Sep 21 17:28:02 2013 export-import/
230 Sep 21 17:33:35 2013 initial.config.setup
4096 Sep 21 17:29:43 2013 log/
16384 Sep 21 17:29:20 2013 lost+found/
1086 Sep 20 22:18:05 2013 mts.log
132939010 Jun 20 23:32:48 2014 nexus-1000v.4.2.1.SV2.2.2.1010.ova
152580096 Jun 20 21:28:01 2014 nexus-1000v.4.2.1.SV2.2.2.iso
19618304 Sep 21 17:52:10 2013 nexus-1010-kickstart-mz.4.2.1.SP1.3.bin
19634688 Sep 21 17:29:32 2013 nexus-1010-kickstart-mz.4.2.1.SP1.6.1.bin
latest updates, running sysprep, etc. At the end of that effort, I exported them to .ova files and removed the original VMs. Then I decided I might want to test these .ova exports to make sure they work. Well, guess what? I ovf fails integrity check found myself with broken .ova files that would not import. The error message, "OVF Deployment Failed:
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File ds:///vmfs/volumes/uuid/_deviceImage-0.iso was not found" led me to VMware KB article 2034422. The resolution, of course, required use of the original source VMs failed to deploy ovf package unable to access file unable to connect to the remote server which I had over zealously deleted earlier. Thankfully, the article gave enough detail about the issue that I was able to work up the following little hack to repair my damaged .ova files: I extracted the contents of the .ova http://networkhappytime.com/blog/2014/06/21/1000v-cisco-1010-appliance/ files using tar. This works because .ova files are just uncompressed tar archives. You could also use 7zip on Windows. Inside, there was one .mf or manifest file, one .ovf file, and one .vmdk. There would be more .vmdk files if I had more drives associated with the VMs. I edited the .ovf file to change the text "vmware.cdrom.iso" to "vmware.cdrom.remotepassthrough". The reason for the failure was that the import process was trying to mount a non-existent vmware tools http://kristau.net/blog/1265/ iso image. Once edited, the SHA1 sum of the .ovf file had changed, causing it to not match the sum contained in the manifest. I generated a new SHA1 sum and replaced the original in the .mf manifest file. Finally, I re-archived the files with tar, making sure to change the extension on the end back to .ova. The tricky bit to this is to make sure you add the files to the archive in the correct order. The .ovf has to be the first file in the archive. Use tar cvf archive.ova vm.ovf to create, then tar uvf archive.ova *.mv *.vmdk to append the rest of the files. Note that I couldn't get 7zip to archive these in order. I had to use GNU tar from an Ubuntu VM. I was then able to successfully import the .ova files back into my vSphere environment. Author Kenneth RistauPosted on February 7, 2013Categories Technology, VirualizationTags 2013, hints tips tricks, technology, vmware Post navigation Previous Previous post: Des Moines Flickr Friend Photowalk 5 January 2013Next Next post: QuadCopter Build 2013: Gold from China! Recent Posts ReciPants Migrated to MediaWiki Mountain View from Trail Ridge Road Near Estes Park, CO Lenticular Cloud from Rainbow Curve Near Estes Park, CO View from Bear Lake near Estes Park, CO Still here Recent CommentsPam Ristau on Food Blogging is Hard (But Rewarding) WorkArchives May 2015 November 2014 October 2014 August 201
export your entire virtual servers into handy little packages called OVA Templates. Occasionally we need to restore a server from an OVA Template but when you go to https://oitibs.com/fix-esxi-failed-to-deploy-ovf/ deploy the template you get the following error seen below. What this error is telling you is that when the OVA Template was created there was a CD-Rom .iso mounted on the server. So naturally when restoring the server, the .iso is not available so you get the error above. If you have a running copy of the server then simply remove failed to the .iso from the CD-Rom drive and export the OVA template again. Looking at the picture above, simply select "Client Device" for CD-Rom device type then save your settings. If you are restoring the server in a disaster recovery situation then you are in luck. The broken OVA Template can be easily fixed. The first step is to extract the OVA Template failed to deploy to a folder using 7-Zip or your favorite zip software. Once extracted, open the folder and you will notice there are three files. Delete the file with the .mf file extension. If you modify the .ova without deleting the .mf, ESXi will complain that the checksum is invalid. Next, open the .ovf file using Notepad++ or your favorite text editor. Once open, find and replace the text as described below then save the file. Once you have updated the file you can go back to ESXi and deploy the template by selecting the .ovf file you edited. # Find the line below