
Allow pop up in the browser settings and restart the ovf export again to download all the files.

ovf file causing only the vmdk to be exported. NOTE: The above link, to download ovftool.exe, is on a VMware company web. mf filesĬause: Browser pop up blocker blocks the export of. NOTE: ESXi server versions before 6.5.0 do not support OVF/OVA files with a. Issue: The OVF export is only saving the vmdk, and the export is missing the. Opening VI source: OVA target: c:\iaas.ova In the below example VM named iaas1 is exported from under CSA datacenter (vm is the default folder name).Ĭ:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>ovftool c:\iaas.ovaĮnter login information for source vi:/// Path locator formats to get the source VM are documented in ovftool user guide.

Use ovftool to export the VM as either OVF or OVA. In vSphere 6.5, option to save the VM export in OVA format seems to be missing in both web client and HTML5 client (Right click VM > Template > Export OVF Template).
