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How to import the Virtual Appliance into your virtualization infrastructure

VMware

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: Use the ovftool

Find the There are several options for VMware software.  Options 2 & 3 require the VMware OVF Tool, find the tool by doing a search on google or by visiting VMware's site, the other requires VMware Fusion (for Mac).  Options 2 & 3 assume you have it installed and know where it is.

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Convert the OVA file to

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VMWare OVF format

Code Block
# NMIS9 VM
ovftool  --name="NMIS" -dm="thin" -ds=datastore_name-number nmis-8.6.7G-VM-CentOS-6.10-64bit.ova vi://user:password@host_ip_address

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lax ./omk_vm9_centos7.ova vmware_omk_vm9_centos7.ovf

# NMIS8 VM
ovftool  --lax ./omk_vm8_centos7.ova vmware_omk_vm8_centos7.ovf



2. Upgrade the Virtual machine hardware version (optional)

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