Ok then, could there be something wrong with my ova backup because the ovf
is only 19kb and the other "file" is 3.8G? When I try to untar the ovf it
says it doesn't look like a tar file.

On Fri, May 21, 2021, 9:06 AM Vojtech Juranek <vjura...@redhat.com> wrote:

> On Friday, 21 May 2021 13:50:15 CEST Darin Schmidt wrote:
> > I believe you are partially right? Originally it was an OVA file. I
> > uncompressed the file which gave me another file and the vm.ovf. The OVF
> > file appears to be only an xml file? Or are you saying I can also
> > uncompressed the ovf file as well like I did the OVA?
>
> yes, OVA is tar archive of OVF directory (see e.g. [1]) and OVF is again
> tar
> archive of one XML descriptor and VM disks, so you should be able to get
> the
> VM disk this way
>
> [1] https://fileinfo.com/extension/ova
>
> >
> > On Fri, May 21, 2021, 2:39 AM Vojtech Juranek <vjura...@redhat.com>
> wrote:
> > > On Thursday, 20 May 2021 22:58:22 CEST Darin Schmidt wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Ive exported an OVA of a server we had made on OVIRT and Im trying to
> > >
> > > import
> > >
> > > > it to VMware. Its complaining that the ovf:format is incorrect.
> > > >
> > > > ovf:format="http://www.gnome.org/~markmc/qcow-image-format.html";
> > > >
> > > > That link doesnt resolve to anywhere because it appears its now
> > > > http://people.gnome.org/~markmc/qcow-image-format.html
> > > >
> > > > But I dont know whats supposed to go there nor have I been able to
> > > > locate
> > > > anything to help solve this issue. All I really need is access to the
> > >
> > > files
> > >
> > > > in the, what I assume is, vdmk file that comes along with the ovf
> file,
> > > > which mine is called: 154b3d77-d340-4d24-a448-66265c5fb613
> > > >
> > > > So if anything, is there a way to open this vm disk so I can gain
> access
> > >
> > > to
> > >
> > > > the files?
> > >
> > > OVF file is just a tar archive with disks and XML descriptor. So untar
> the
> > > OVF
> > > file should work.
> > >
> > > > Thanks
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