{"id":546,"date":"2024-02-25T08:57:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T01:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itadmin.blog\/?p=546"},"modified":"2024-02-25T09:01:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T02:01:45","slug":"convert-virtualbox-ova-to-vmware-ovf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itadmin.blog\/?p=546","title":{"rendered":"Convert Virtualbox OVA to VMware OVF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Steps on how to convert a virtualbox OVA to VMware OVF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

References :
https:\/\/jekil.sexy\/blog\/2015\/this-ovf-package-requires-unsupported-hardware.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Download and install the OVF tool :
    https:\/\/developer.vmware.com\/web\/tool\/ovf\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. open powershell and cd into the ovftool folder
    cd \"C:\\Program Files\\VMware\\VMware OVF Tool\"<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. use the below commands to convert from SHA1 to SHA256<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    ovftool.exe –shaAlgorithm=SHA256 \/path\/to\/ova_file.ova \/path\/to\/new\/ova_file-SHA256.ova<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. use the below commands to convert to a LAX OVF file so the OVF file can be edited<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      .\\ovftool.exe --lax source.ova destination.ovf<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. Edit the OVF file and change :<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
        <vssd:VirtualSystemType>virtualbox-2.2<\/vssd:VirtualSystemType><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
        with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
        <vssd:VirtualSystemType>vmx-07<\/vssd:VirtualSystemType><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
          \n
        1. Change the SATA controller to SCSI like this :<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
          <Item>\r\n<rasd:Address>0<\/rasd:Address>\r\n<rasd:Caption>sataController0<\/rasd:Caption>\r\n<rasd:Description>SATA Controller<\/rasd:Description>\r\n<rasd:ElementName>sataController0<\/rasd:ElementName>\r\n<rasd:InstanceID>5<\/rasd:InstanceID>\r\n<rasd:ResourceSubType>AHCI<\/rasd:ResourceSubType>\r\n<rasd:ResourceType>20<\/rasd:ResourceType>\r\n<\/Item><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
          with :<\/p>\n\n\n\n
          <Item>\r\n<rasd:Address>0<\/rasd:Address>\r\n<rasd:Caption>SCSIController<\/rasd:Caption>\r\n<rasd:Description>SCSI Controller<\/rasd:Description>\r\n<rasd:ElementName>SCSIController<\/rasd:ElementName>\r\n<rasd:InstanceID>5<\/rasd:InstanceID>\r\n<rasd:ResourceSubType>lsilogic<\/rasd:ResourceSubType>\r\n<rasd:ResourceType>6<\/rasd:ResourceType>\r\n<\/Item><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
            \n
          1. Optionally remove the IDE & USB controllers to keep the VM clean.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          2. Try importing into vcenter or direct to the esxi machine.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
            Steps on how to convert a virtualbox OVA to VMware OVF References :https:\/\/jekil.sexy\/blog\/2015\/this-ovf-package-requires-unsupported-hardware.html ovftool.exe –shaAlgorithm=SHA256 \/path\/to\/ova_file.ova \/path\/to\/new\/ova_file-SHA256.ova .\\ovftool.exe –lax source.ova destination.ovf with: with :<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vmware","tag-vmware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itadmin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itadmin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itadmin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itadmin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itadmin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itadmin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":547,"href":"https:\/\/itadmin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions\/547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itadmin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itadmin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itadmin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}