How to use ovftool command line utility

How to use ovftool command line utility

1)
To see all VMs in the ESXi Server 192.168.1.26

#ovftool vi://192.168.1.26

2)
To get the ovf of VM demovm1

#ovftool vi://192.168.1.26/demovm1 ~/Desktop/ovfs/

#ovftool vi://root:xxxxxx@192.168.1.26/demovm1 ~/Desktop/ovfs/

3)
To get the ovf of VM vcenter2, poweroff VM before taking ovf

#ovftool --powerOffSource vi://root:xxxxxx@192.168.1.26/vcenter2 ~/Desktop/ovfs/

4)
To get the ovf of VM using moref "238"

#ovftool vi://root:xxxxxx@192.168.1.26?moref=vim.VirtualMachine:238 ~/Desktop/ovfs/

5)
Download ovf file with progress tracking (Working)

#ovftool --machineOutput vi://root:xxxxxx@192.168.1.26?moref=vim.VirtualMachine:238 ~/Desktop/ovfs/

6)
Convert an OVF to a VMX

#ovftool -tt=vmx a2.ovf ~/Desktop/

#ovftool vm1.ovf ~/Desktop/vm2.vmx

7)
Create a new VM "p1" on ESXI node 192.168.1.26 using *.vmx file

#ovftool -ds=datastore2 -n=p1 demovm2.vmx vi://root:xxxxxx@192.168.1.26/

-ds --> Datastore
-n --> Name of new VM

8)
Create a new VM "k1" on ESXI node 192.168.1.126 using *.ovf file

#ovftool -ds=datastore2 -n=p2 demovm2.ovf vi://root:xxxxxx@192.168.1.26/

9)
Convert a VMX to an OVF

#ovftool -tt=ovf a2.vmx ~/Desktop/

#ovftool -tt=ovf demovm2.vmx .

10)
Convert a VMX to an OVA

#ovftool -tt=ova a2.vmx ~/Desktop/

#ovftool -tt=ova demovm2.vmx .

11)

How to convert ova to ovf to vmx
a)
ova to ovf
#ovftool -tt=ovf xvm1.ova .

b)
ova to vmx
#ovftool -tt=vmx xvm1.ova .