After installing the OVF Tool on Windows, you can run the OVF Tool from the Windows command line. From the Start menu, click Run. In the Run dialog, enter cmd to open the Windows command line tool. If you have the OVF Tool folder in your Path environment variable, you can run the OVF Tool from the command line.
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Overview
The VMware OVF Tool is a conversion program freely downloadable from VMware that assists in the distribution of virtual machines (VMs) and vApps, converting them between OVF, VMX and OVA formats. It also includes a command‑line facility to import and export OVF packages between environments or from third party suppliers. The OVF Tool is a command‑line interface (CLI) tool only.
Downloading the OVF Tool
You can download the OVF Tool via the following link:
You must have a VMware account to download the tool. You can download the OVF Tool for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit, Linux 32-bit and 64-bit, or Mac OS X.
After downloading and installing the OVF Tool, you must then go to the directory in which you installed the tool to run it. There is no icon or program logo on your desktop for the OVF Tool, so to launch it, you must use the command prompt. Go to the installation folder and run:
Getting started with the OVF Tool
The OVF Tool is a CLI tool, so some level of familiarity with CMD commands helps in using the tool. There are a number of help commands, which are a good source of information:
You can also find the OVF Tool User Guide at:
Basic import and export commands
You'll mainly use the OVF Tool to import (deploy) and export VMs or appliances into and out of your UKCloud environment.
The basic syntax to do this using the OVF Tool is:
Refer to the OVF Tool User Guide for further commands and switches.
Importing a .vmx file to a vApp template in vCloud Director
To import a
.vmx file:
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Importing an .iso file to a vApp template in vCloud Director
To upload an ISO image:
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