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You can import the OVA file directly into ESXi using VMware ovftool, from the PC or server you run ovftool.
Remember to set the Virtual Machine name you like, the datastore you want, the network you want, and point it at the server you want to deploy to.
Run the command like this:
ovftool --name="NMIS9" -dm="thin" -ds=datastore_name-number -nw="network_name-number" Opmantek-20200708-VM9-Centos7.2003-3-64bit.ova vi://user:escaped_password@host_ip_address
Opening OVA source: Opmantek-20200708-VM9-Centos7.2003-3-64bit.ova
Opening VI target: vi://user@host_ip_address:443/
Deploying to VI: vi://user@host_ip_address:443/
Transfer Completed
Warning:
- No supported manifest(sha1, sha256, sha512) entry found for: 'omk-vm8-centos7-disk001.vmdk'.
- No supported manifest(sha1, sha256, sha512) entry found for: 'omk-vm8-centos7-disk002.vmdk'.
- No manifest file found.
Completed successfully
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Another example
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johns@omkvmb9:/omk_vm_appliances/abi4/ova$ ENCODED_PASSWORD=`echo 'not the\`password\'you want' | perl -MURI::Escape -wlne 'print uri_escape $_'`
johns@omkvmb9:/omk_vm_appliances/abi4$ cd ova
johns@omkvmb9:/omk_vm_appliances/abi4/ova$ time sudo ovftool -ds=sata_ssd_mx500 -n=omkvm9_centos7_2023-01-04 omk_vm9_centos7.ova vi://$ENCODED_PASSWORD@zeus.opmantek.net
[sudo] password for johns:
Opening OVA source: omk_vm9_centos7.ova
Opening VI target: vi://omkadmin@zeus.opmantek.net:443/
Deploying to VI: vi://omkadmin@zeus.opmantek.net:443/
Transfer Completed
Warning:
- No supported manifest(sha1, sha256, sha512) entry found for: 'omk-vm9-centos7-disk001.vmdk'.
- No supported manifest(sha1, sha256, sha512) entry found for: 'omk-vm9-centos7-disk002.vmdk'.
- No manifest file found.
Completed successfully
real 0m47.790s
user 0m17.206s
sys 0m2.204s
johns@omkvmb9:/omk_vm_appliances/abi4/ova$
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