Export VM Problem
Problem : Export VM by VMWare Console (Web) and download by browser that network error. Solution : #Install ovftool on the platform of your choice https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/ovf/ #Syntax For the command. You will notice that I am exporting thin-provisioned .vmdk files ovftool -dm=thin "vi:// / " .ova For username, type root and press enter. For password, type the password and press enter. #Example ovftool -dm=thin "vi://xx.xx.xx.xx/vmname" vmname.ova When I tried importing this via the GUI, I noticed that at the final window of the Create/Register VM wizard, I would see an error that states "A required disk image is missing." It did allow me to click Finish and the import would work without any issues. However, I did not want the error so I found that it was b/c the .ovf file contains references to the nvram file. The steps below walk you through extracting the .ova file, editing the .ovf file by removing any