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Public VmwareQuestions Guest asked June 1, 2015 Hi All,I am trying to convert vmdk file to ovf format using command line. I am using the ovftool error failed to open file vmx below command:# ovftool my_vm.vmdk new.ovf Opening OVF source: my_vmdk.vmdk Error:
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Failed to open OVF descriptor Completed with errorsNot sure whats wrong in this command. Please help!Thanks! Please convert vmdk to ovf login or Register to Submit Answer Username Password Remember Me Answers :Posted on Tuesday June 02, 2015The VMDK file is the actual virtual disk, an ovf file
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is just a settings file (plain text), that VMWare products (like ESXi Server) and other virtualization software (like Virtualbox) can use when importing the VM.You may have an existing settings file (like a .vmx) which you can convert into ovf format using VMware's tool 'ovftool': http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/vsphere/automationtools/ovfThere's quite a lot of options, which are detailed here vmware ovftool in the user guide:http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/ovf/ovf20/ovftool_201_userguide.pdf View all Replies Post navigation ««How to shutdown vsphere free or essentials kit with a APC Smart UPSRun VMWare Tools for Guest Linux Mint 17.1 in mdm Upon Boot»» Popular QuestionsWatch dog initiation on the black screen asked by SathishkumarSingaramVMWare Converter: (A file I/O error occurred while accesssing ". ) asked by GuestGetting windows Ready Don't turn off your computer asked by sarathkrishnaFix for Windows 10 Upgrade - VMware SVGA 3D issues asked by GuestUnexpected Store Exception since Upgrading to Windows 10 asked by AndromedasGraceCategories C (4) Powershell (1) Programming (1) Uncategorized (1) Subscribe Email Address Latest Questions I am geting a Error DistributedCom E10016 in event viewer asked by Marcus-Martin, 8 mins ago I am geting a Error DistributedCom E10016 in event viewer asked by Marcus-Martin, 8 mins ago I am geting a Error DistributedCom E10016 in event viewer asked by Marcus-Martin, 8 mins ago Cannot turn on real time protection in windows defender asked by waynegreen15
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Ways to Get Help Expand Search Submit Close Search Login Join Today Products BackProducts Gigs Live Careers Vendor Services Groups Website Testing Store Headlines Experts Exchange > Questions > COnverting OVF to vmx error with ovf tool. Not working Want to Advertise Here? Solved COnverting OVF to vmx error with ovf tool. Not working Posted on 2011-01-25 VMware Linux Virtualization 3 Verified Solutions 21 Comments 8,199 Views Last Modified: http://www.techezone.com/question/failed-to-open-ovf-descriptor/ 2012-05-10 Recently I download the barracuda spam virus virtual appliance. It comes as an OVF file. What is strange is that the package has 2 OVF files. When I try to run it in vmware workstation, the first OVF doesn't even register, the second ovf does. But when the virtual appliance boots up it gives the following error: Mount: mounting /dev/mapper/root on /realroot failed: no such file or https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26770828/COnverting-OVF-to-vmx-error-with-ovf-tool-Not-working.html directory switch_root: bad newroot /realroot [ 4.565995] Kernel Panic - not syncing: attempted to kill init! I don't know to much about linux so I can't tell what the problem is I've tried using the OVF tool to convert it from oVF to VMX but it returns the following message Error: failed to open OVF descriptor So I've try doing an import via vmware workstation from OVF to a vmx file but it gives me the following message 0 Question by:iamuser Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google LVL 116 Active today Best Solution byAndrew Hancock (VMware vExpert / EE MVE) and yes, you can sucessfully Export from vSphere ESXi 4.1 using VMware Converter to VMware Workstation 6.5.1 (not had chance to upgrade to 7 yet!), why you want to if you had access to ESXi 4.1, I don't Go to Solution 21 Comments LVL 19 Overall: Level 19 VMware 18 Virtualization 9 Linux 3 Message Expert Comment by:vmwarun - Arun2011-01-25 Are you sure that the package is intact and not corrupt ? 0 LVL 16 Overall: Level 16 VMware 15 Virtualization 9 Linux 2 Message Expert Comment by:danm662011-01-25 are you using File|Import to import it or the command line ovftool? 0 LVL 1
that I can thank my manager for of "OVF": OVF is a vendor- and platform-independent format to describe virtual http://itproctology.blogspot.com/2009/05/ovf-and-ova-dilemma.html machine metadata and create portable virtual-machine packages. These packages do not rely on a specific host platform, virtualization platform, or guest operating system. However, the virtual disk referenced http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20530464/export-vm-as-a-ovf-file-from-vmware-fusion by the OVF package must be compatible with the target hypervisor. The Open Virtualization Format is a new and developing standard from the DMTF (Distributed Management Task failed to Force). Its purpose is to form a common framework that any virtualization vendor can use to define a virtual workload. This workload can be simply a single virtual machine; this workload could also contain many virtual machines and also include complex descriptions for networking, applications, EULAs, and other entities. In theory, a single OVF could define failed to open all of the workloads within an entire enterprise and those workloads could be transported to a remote site for DR, or moved to a new datacenter. The possibilities are many. The standard is here: http://www.dmtf.org/initiatives/vman_initiative/OVF_Tech_Note_Digital.pdf The concept seems simple enough. When talking to IT Professionals there is always time spent describing OVF and OVA, and where each fits. "OVF" is the acronym for the standard. What is referred to as an "OVF Package" is the collection of the workload states, plus a description meta file, plus any other entities that are defined in the description file. BTW - the description file is also called the OVF file, or OVF meta file or OVF descriptor. This is why this gets really confusing really fast. Here are the two important terms that get thrown around: OVF / OVA - these are not the same thing. An OVF is a collection of items in a single folder. Most commonly this is a description file (*.ovf) a
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