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• In this example the VMware vCenter 6.5 install has created:

  • FQDN 'photon-machine' with

    • user 'administrator',

    • sso domain name 'vsphere.localdomain', and

    • sso password 'Vagrant1!'

      • which must be escaped when used in this context using ovftool:

        • escaped  password: 'Vagrant1\!'

• VMware ovftool option that should be determined appropriate to this use case for this OVA import:
  • -ds="datastore_name-number"
    • Required if the selected Datacenter has more than one datastore
  • -nw="network_name-number"
    • Required if the selected Datacenter has more than one network network 
  • -dm
    --diskMode
    

    Specify the disk format. You can specify the following formats:

    • monolithicSparse 

    • monolithicFlat

    • twoGbMaxExtentSparse

    • twoGbMaxExtentFlat

    • seSparse (vSphere target)

    • eagerZeroedThick (vSphere target)

    • thin(vSphere target)

    • thick (vSphere target)

    • sparse

    • flat

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