You can import the OVA file into a VMware ESXi Datacenter via VMware vCenter 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 commands like this:
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\!
'
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
Determine the Datacenter name: Determine the Datacenter available options: Determine the Datacenter host IP or FQDN: Import Opmantek-20200708-VM9-Centos7.2003-3-64bit.ova which is in the current directory, in this example using vSphere option --diskMode=thin: |