After a long time of development I am pleased to announce the availability of the New Version of the OVF Transfer Plugin. We reviewed the whole code of the old Plugin and rewrote it. With this Version we also improved the available feature. The Plugin Description reads as flowing:
The OVA/F Transfer plug-in allows you to import and export virtual machines as OVF/OVA template to/from the VMware vCenter via the VMware vCenter/vRealize Orchestrator.
This plug-in provides actions and workflows to use the OVF/A functionalities directly in your own workflows.
Here are some functions of the new Plugin:
This plug-in includes amongst others following features:
- [Export] Export of virtual machines as OVF templates
- [Import] Import of virtual machines as OVF or OVA templates
- [Import] Support for vSS and vDS PortGroups
- [Import] Support for multiple vNics
- [Import] Support for OVF properties, e.g. used for virtual appliance imports
- [Import/Export] Supported sources/destinations: Locale file, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, CIFS
We included a lot of new functions which some of you required and fixed all Bugs which were reported.
For this Plugin the following types of sources are supported:
– Local file (local means on vCO Server e.g. vCO appliance or vCO Windows installable)
– HTTP, HTTPS
– FTP
CIFS/Network Share (only with vCO Windows installable version
The Plugin is available at the VMware Solution Exchange https://solutionexchange.vmware.com/store/products/vmware-vcenter-orchestrator-ovf-transfer-plug-in and is free of charge.
Many thanks to my colleague Sascha Bitzer who wrote and maintains the Plugin!
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I get this error when I run “Import a virtual machine from ova/ovf”
[2014-12-02 06:18:21.328] [I] Loading OVF content…
[2014-12-02 06:18:21.351] [I] Loading OVF content… done.
[2014-12-02 06:18:21.352] [I] Preparing specs and all vdisks for upload…
[2014-12-02 06:18:21.558] [I] Preparing specs and all vdisks for upload… done.
[2014-12-02 06:18:21.558] [I] Initializing NFC connection and creating virtual machine…
[2014-12-02 06:18:21.627] [I]
Attribute xsi:nil not allowed on element spec, which is not nillable.
while parsing call information for method ImportVApp
at line 3, column 2
while parsing SOAP body
at line 2, column 1
while parsing SOAP envelope
at line 1, column 38
while parsing HTTP request for method importVApp
on object of type vim.ResourcePool
at line 1, column 0 (Dynamic Script Module name : importVM#61)
This is no longer available on the solution exchange, do you have a copy that you can email me ?
Hi Simon,
the Plugin is still available in the Solution Exchange. Due VMware guidelines, the name was changed a little.
Here is the link:
https://solutionexchange.vmware.com/store/products/vmware-realize-orchestrator-ovf-transfer-plug-in
Regards
Christian