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    <title>topic OVF Properties without vapp in Virtual Appliances Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Virtual-Appliances-Discussions/OVF-Properties-without-vapp/m-p/931306#M3507</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I was trying to do some work with OVF's and custom properties. Found some blog posts and tried to follow along&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;built up my CentOS vm, turned on VApp Options, OVF Settings are accessible via VMware Tools and I created a property in the Advanced section.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Rebooted the VM for good measure and ran the following command.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15px;"&gt;vmtoolsd --cmd='info-get guestinfo.ovfEnv'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;no luck.... moved this VM inside of a Vapp and was able to access it just fine.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I've seen OVF/OVA's ask for input for these type of properties&amp;nbsp; and configure themselves without being inside a vapp (VMware Studio is an example of this)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;How do I access these properties from a VM?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Justin&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2014 23:31:17 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>jrich523</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2014-05-29T23:31:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>OVF Properties without vapp</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Virtual-Appliances-Discussions/OVF-Properties-without-vapp/m-p/931306#M3507</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I was trying to do some work with OVF's and custom properties. Found some blog posts and tried to follow along&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;built up my CentOS vm, turned on VApp Options, OVF Settings are accessible via VMware Tools and I created a property in the Advanced section.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Rebooted the VM for good measure and ran the following command.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15px;"&gt;vmtoolsd --cmd='info-get guestinfo.ovfEnv'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;no luck.... moved this VM inside of a Vapp and was able to access it just fine.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I've seen OVF/OVA's ask for input for these type of properties&amp;nbsp; and configure themselves without being inside a vapp (VMware Studio is an example of this)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;How do I access these properties from a VM?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Justin&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2014 23:31:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>jrich523</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-29T23:31:17Z</dc:date>
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