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  • 1.  Creating an OVA using existing vmdk files

    Posted Oct 24, 2019 09:55 PM

    Any pointers to creating OVA by using existing vmdk files?

    I've taken a look a ovftool but that seems to require a .vmx file as input which i dont have.

    I've exported an OVF from vCentre 6.7 and got only the .vmdk (two of these), a .nvram file,   .mf,  & .ovf files as port of the OVF export.

    Now from the exported OVF the intention is to create a new OVA where the two extracted vmdks are a part of.



  • 2.  RE: Creating an OVA using existing vmdk files

    Posted Oct 24, 2019 10:27 PM

    An OVA is really nothing more than a tarball which contains the files you have in your hand. The disks aren't merged as you would expect because they're separate disks.



  • 3.  RE: Creating an OVA using existing vmdk files

    Posted Oct 28, 2019 05:04 PM

    I am able to log into a standalone ESXi host using the non-web client and "Export OVF Template" as a single file.

    Putting them back into Inventory may work out for you.

    I used to make extra folders and extra copies of vmdk's in the datastores, but since none of them were ever added to Inventory, I could only see them when i browsed the datastore, which also caused confusion.

    Don't be afraid to keep unused vm's in Inventory. They won't run if you don't want them to.