Install VMware ovftool on Linux - Fedora Workstation 37 | Import/Deploy OVF to vCenter using ovftool
VMware ovftool is a helpful command line utility for import/Deploy, exporting, and converting Virtual Machines to/from OVA or OVF files for ESXi, vCenter, VMware Cloud Director, Proxmox, and VirtualBox. In this video I walk through the following:
0:00 - Introduction
0:40 - Download ovftool
01:28 - Install ovftool
02:22 - Add ovftool to my path
04:10 - Install required library libnsl
05:10 - Import an OVF file to my vCenter Server
Software Used:
DaVinci Resolve 18.1.3 for Linux (Free)
Fedora Workstation 37
OBS for screen capture
===== Resources/Reference =====
ovftool Download: https://developer.broadcom.com/tools/...
ovftool User Guide: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSp...
OVF Tool Command Syntax to Export and Deploy OVA/OVF Packages: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1038709
Example usage: (Replace ALL CAPS values with your local values)
Import ovf or ova file to vCenter server:
ovftool -n=VMNAME --noSSLVerify --datastore=DATASTORENAME ./SOURCE.OVF vi://VCENTERUSER@VCENTERADDRESS/DATACENTER_NAME/host/CLUSTER_NAME/Resources
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