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1. Download and install the VMware OVF Tool. http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/ovf/. Download is a .tar.gz file from vmware.
2. Extract it“tar zxvf $filenameOpen terminal and extract the file
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tar zxvf filename.tar. |
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3. Launch VMware OVF Tool.pkg file. You may be prompted by Gatekeeper that the package is not signed. Go ahead and change settings to allow unsigned packages installation
4. Create a folder where you want to save the converted VMs ()- in the example below, I have folder "Converted"
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cd /Applications/VMware\ OVF\ Tool/ |
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./ovftool /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/VirtualMachines/windows8.vmwarevm/windows8.vmx /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Converted/ |
5. You can now import the created OVF file into vSphere or a standalone ESXi server.