MacOS OVFTool command line syntax

Make mistakes of command line trying to export a VM Fusion (XP.vmwarevm) and the OVF file.

# "/ Applications/VMware OVF tool/ovftool ' XP.ovf Machines/XP.vmwarevm

Error: Is a directory

#

My feeling, if this ovftool help and the manual ovftool without providing simple examples that relate to the use of Mac/Fusion.

VMware ovftool 3.0.1 (build 801290)

VMware Fusion Professional Version 5.0.1 (825449)

Mac OS X 10.7.5

XP.vmwarevm is a single VM (the vmdk is integrated) created with 5.0.1 defined as 5 + compatible.  Have you tried 2-3 + compatible, too.

If I run the ovftool by himself, he replied:

Error: No source or target specified. Try 'ovftool --help' for more options.

Completed with errors

If execution helps ovftool - the upper part of the output shows:

Usage: ovftool [options] []

where

: Source URL locator to an OVF package, VMX file, or virtual machine in

          vCenter or on ESX Server.

: Destination URL locator which specifies either a file location, or a

          location in the vCenter inventory or on an ESX Server.

If is not specified, information about the source is displayed to the

console.

The lower part of the output States:

For more help, type: --help , where topics are:

locators    : For detailed source and destination locator syntax

examples    : For examples of use

config      : For syntax of configuration files

integration : For a list of options primarily used when ovftool is exec'ed

               from another tool or shellscript.

If it running ovftool - examples of help to the following example shown is applicable:

   ovftool /vms/my_vm.vmx /ovfs/my_vapp.ovf

   (.vmx file to .ovf file. Result is put in /ovfs/my_vapp.[ovf|vmdk])

So as you can see, you need to point to the .vmx configuration file not the .vmwarevm Virtual Machine package.

FusionH3 wrote: XP.vmwarevm is a single VM (the vmdk is built)

By default the .vmwarevm extension is hidden and is a Virtual Machine package which is really nothing more then a folder, not an individual file, and because it is recorded with OS X Launch Services he treated differently then a file without the extension.

Take a look on work with Virtual Machine packages , and then use the FQPN (full name path) to the .vmx configuration file for the .

For example, here is the (fully qualified command line) FQCL on my system to create a .ovf file and the result.

Computer:~ WKZ$ /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/VMware\ OVF\ Tool/ovftool /Users/WKZ/Documents/Virtual\ Machines.localized/Windows\ XP\ Professional.vmwarevm/Windows\ XP\ Professional.vmx /Users/WKZ/Documents/Virtual\ Machines.localized/WinXP\ OVF/WinXP.ovf

Opening VMX source: /Users/WKZ/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows XP Professional.vmwarevm/Windows XP Professional.vmx

Opening OVF target: /Users/WKZ/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/WinXP OVF/WinXP.ovf

Writing OVF package: /Users/WKZ/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/WinXP OVF/WinXP.ovf

Transfer Completed                   

Completed successfully

Computer:~ WKZ$

Research the " WinXP OVF " folder there are now three files, WinXP-disk1.vmdk , WinXP.mf and WinXP.ovf . "»

That about covers it!

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