HI, On Fri, May 21, 2021 9:57 am, Darin Schmidt wrote: > 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.
The 3.8G file is your disk image. The OVF file is XML. The error seems to be that vmware does not recognize the disk type. The xml being 19k doesn't seem wrong at all (although it does sound a little big). -derek > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ >> > > > Users mailing list -- users@ovirt.org >> > > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@ovirt.org >> > > > Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html >> > > > oVirt Code of Conduct: >> > > > https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ List >> > > >> > > Archives: >> > > >> > > >> https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/3YAA7Z3SLLDX >> > > 4 >> > > >> > > > GBW6EXPGNOII3OGRYJF/ >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list -- users@ovirt.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@ovirt.org > Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html > oVirt Code of Conduct: > https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ > List Archives: > https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/HPGLXQNVYG33VQKH3KEIMTN2WDTXIHZ6/ > -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant _______________________________________________ Users mailing list -- users@ovirt.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@ovirt.org Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html oVirt Code of Conduct: https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ List Archives: https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/TPA5P6MENWKO6GWO5E4K2KBGJ66TFNR6/
