OVF Tool How to convert OVA to OVFHello Folks,Today, I am going to write a post on how to convert OVA to OVF using OVF Tool. Before we go any further, I just want to give you a background on how I came up with the idea of writing this article. I had a use deploying a VM using the OVA file, which used to end up failing every single time with the error message Operation Timed Out. I first thought this could be a problem with the v. Sphere Client, so I tried deploying using the v. Sphere Web Client and ended up with the same message. I even tried by deploying it on a host directly using v. Sphere Client and every time I used to get the same error message Operation timed out. On further research, I found that we could convert OVA to OVF file using the OVF Tool. I have already written an article regarding the use of OVF Tool to migrate a VM from one host to another without v. Center Server. If you are interested, below is the link to the article. OVFtool to Copy VMs from one ESXi host to another. So first let us understand what is the difference between OVA and OVF files. An OVF refers to the Open Virtualization Format, which is a packaging standard designed to address the portability and deployment of virtualization appliancesThe OVA is the OVF folder contents all zipped into a single file. An OVF is a collection of items in a single folder. Most commonly this is a description file. I hope this gives a clear understanding of the difference between the two. Vmdk To Ova ConverterSo for our example, I just exported a small VM from my lab as an OVA file to replicate the issue. It is very easy. Just select the VM, click on File Export Export OVF Template Provide the directory where you would want to save the file, and select File type as OVA File. Next, you will have to download the OVFTool from the link below. Download OVFTool. Once you finish the installation after downloading the tool, cd into the directory where you installed. By default, below is the installation directory. C Program FilesVMwareVMware OVF ToolNext, we will call the ovftool. Path to the OVA source file Path to the destination OVF to be createdIn my case, I am using the below command seen in the screenshot. As you can see that the conversion was successful and it created a new Directory on the Desktop called Test. DSL and has the various files explained before. You can now use this ovf file and import the Virtual Machine. Ova Download Vmware Converter' title='Ova Download Vmware Converter' />After the conversion, I was able to successfully import the ovf file into a Virtual Machine. I hope this has been informative and thank you for readingVMware OVF tool How to convert OVA to OVFVirtual appliance will be normally  available on OVA format which is bundle of OVFopen virtualization format and VMDK files. If you directly deploy OVA files from v. Center Client, it will fail 9. So better you need to extract the OVA files as OVF or need to convert as VMX format to deploy the appliances on v. Center client or Vmware web client. VMware offer free OVF converter tool which will help you to extract a OVA format files and to convert as VMX files. Download VMware vSphere with Operations Management. Combine the worlds leading virtualization platform with best in class management capabilities, enabling users. Vmware Create Ova' title='Vmware Create Ova' />Here you can download the VMware Open virtualization format tool and itt free. Just sign up required on VMware. Once you have downloaded the VMware OVF tool, just install it. Its typical Windows exe. After the VMware OVF tool installation, open the command prompt. Run cmd. 3. Navigate to the VMware OVF installed location. Navigate to VMware OVF tool Location. For your information, I have kept the OVA file on the below location. Convert most OVA virtual machines. Cmdlets. download the VMWare OVA you wish to. Convert a XenCitrix image to a VMware image. Download and install on your windows machineXen Center and. Intervideo Windvd 8 Gold. Download and Install Xen Center and VMware converter. About This Book This book, the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Users Guide, provides information about installing and using VMware vCenter Converter Standalone. You can import an Open Virtualization Format OVF virtual machine and run it in VMware Fusion. Atmosphere The Family Sign Deluxe. You can import both. Convert Ova To Vmware' title='Convert Ova To Vmware' />Hello Community, My first discussion here. Im trying to convert and OVA to OVF. Im using a tool called OVFtool. When I run it I dont get any. To download the converter. For details about the retirement of Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter. Convert VMware virtual machines and virtual. OVA files location. Go the command line and execute the below command to extract OVA file as OVF and VMDK files. OVA to OVF conversionOVA to OVF failed Example. The extraction failed because the OVA file is not downloaded properly. Thats why ,the conversion stopped at 6. The below one shows the successful extraction of OVA file. Successful Extraction of OVA file. You can also extract the ova file using tar command. VOVAHAVANA. ova. After the extraction of OVA files,you will get below files. OVF MF and VMDK files. You can convert the OVF file as VMX using the similar command. Converting from OVF to VMX file. We have successfully converted OVA files to OVF and OVF to VMX. Check out below articles as well. Thank you for visiting Unix.