How To Use Vmware Ovf Tool For Mac

You can import an Open Virtualization Format (OVF) virtual machine and run it in VMware Fusion. You can import both .ovf and .ova files.

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I have downloaded and installed OVF Tool for Mac, and the documentation doesn't have any help for Mac users. I tried to run some simple commands but nothing I do seems to work. I just need to be able to run OVF Tool to convert a Fusion 7 VM into an.ovf format I can then import into vSphere 5.5. Ovf tool come very handy that’s export virtual machine from vmware vm to ovf ( open virtualization format ) then i can import that virtual machine in virtual box if you want to export virtual machines from vmware workstation its really easy.

VMware Fusion converts the virtual machine from OVF format to VMware runtime (.vmx) format.

OVF is a platform-independent, efficient, extensible, and open packaging and distribution format for virtual machines. For example, you can import OVF virtual machines exported from VMware Workstation™ into Fusion. You can import OVF 1.0 and later files only.

You can also use the standalone OVF Tool to convert an OVF virtual machine to VMware runtime format. For information about using the OVF Tool, see the

OVF Tool User Guide

on the VMware Web site.

Download or copy the OVF virtual machine file (.ovf or .ova file) to a location that is accessible to your Mac.

From the VMware Fusion menu bar, select File > Import.

The Import Library window appears, along with a dialog box for browsing to the location of OVF file.

Browse to the .ovf or .ova file and click Open.

Type the name for the imported virtual machine in the Save As text box and indicate where to save it.

The default destination is the Virtual Machines folder created by VMware Fusion.

VMware Fusion displays the disk space needed for the import, and the space available on the current disk.

Click Import.

Fusion performs OVF specification conformance and virtual hardware compliance checks. A status bar indicates the progress of the import process.

After the import is complete, the virtual machine appears in the virtual machine library and in a separate virtual machine window. The virtual machine is shut down.

We are happy to announce that OVF Tool 2.0.1 was released yesterday. It can be downloaded from here, and is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X (new!).

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This is the first major release since the initial release of OVF Tool 1.0 and a minor upgrade to the OVF Tool 2.0 version that is bundled with Fusion 3.1 and Workstation 7.1. I have included an excerpt from the README below which describes the changes:

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Changes since 2.0.0
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. Fixed bug that caused OVF Tool not to work with the “Import from vSphere”
feature on the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace.
. Fixed launch issue on Linux/Mac if installed in a location where the path
includes spaces.
. Fixed issue with properties when importing to vApprun workspace.

Changes since 1.0.1
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. Support for the OVF 1.1 specification.
. Support for OVF packages that includes ISO and floppy images.
. Support for vApprun as target and source.
(see http://labs.vmware.com/flings/vapprun)
. Support for OVF Tool on the Mac OS X operating system (Intel-only).
. A lax mode (–lax) that enables a best-effort conversion of OVF
packages which do not fully conform to the OVF standard or include
virtual hardware that is not supported by the destination. For example,
VirtualBox (version 3.0 and 3.1) produced OVF packages can be converted in lax mode.
. Bug fix for handling vmxnet3 targets.

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