Re: Scripting ovftool

Hello,

Thank you for the post.

I have run the following command under Windows in order to export a VM in ovf format:

     ovftool --powerOffSource vi://my_username:my_password@my_host/test C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\nicola.ovf

The export process finishes smoothly but the VM stays down. Is there a way to get it up without having to import it again?

I tried the following:

     ovftool --powerOffSource --powerOn vi://my_username:my_password@my_host/test C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\nicola.ovf

with no luck.

Only this works but it means to deploy again:

     ovftool --name=test --overwrite --powerOn C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\nicola.ovf vi://my_username:my_password@my_host/test

Is there a way to get up a VM after export without deploying?

Thanks,

Nicola.