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ovftool 4.2.0 has a broken --allowAllExtraConfig

lusid2 — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 07:36:30 GMT

4.2.0 is bundled into the current build of Fusion10:

ovftool --version

VMware ovftool 4.2.0 (build-6230482)

This version has a busted --allowAllExtraConfig flag, so some VMs will not export to OVA, instead you get a slew of errors like this one:

- Line -1: Unsupported value 'disk.EnableUUID' for attribute 'key' on element 'ExtraConfig'.

Re: ovftool 4.2.0 has a broken --allowAllExtraConfig

lusid2 — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 20:27:20 GMT

So it appears this broke a year ago, and I'm just noticing it now because it finally rolled into Fusion/Workstation. Reverting to pre-ovftool 4.x variants of my scripts fixes ovf export, so rather than alias the deprecated --allowAllExtraConfig flag back to the surviving --allowExtraConfig flag, they elected to just break it. So for the next guy to trip over this one; include both flags and it works on 4.1 and 4.2. Each version seems to ignore the flag it considers extraneous.

Re: ovftool 4.2.0 has a broken --allowAllExtraConfig

hslai — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 05:52:14 GMT

OVF Tool 4.2.0 Release Notes says,

Known Issues in This Version

The ovftool option --allowAllExtraConfig is no longer supported. The command-line option --allowAllExtraConfig never worked as designed. As of release 6.5 U1, vSphere no longer supports this option. The workaround is to use --allowExtraConfig instead to import additional configurations.
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