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aaron_sf
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importing OVA to ESXi not working

I created a VM on my Mac using Fusion and exported it to an OVA.

I then tried to deploy that to my ESXi 6.5 server....

It uploaded fine but when I power it ON, it seems to be unable to boot up .. and goes into boot from network mode....

Any ideas what I might be doing wrong here?

Mac Pro 8-core 4TB HDD 32GB RAM
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MikeSchreina
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it sounds like it isn't finding a bootable device.

When first powering it on, try hitting ESC w/in the console.  This should give you a boot menu.  See if you can choose the hard drive.

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aaron_sf
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ok found the problem - when I looked in the 'General' settings tab I noticed the OS type was set to 32-bit .. no idea why ... setting it back to 64-bit OS X fixed the problem

Mac Pro 8-core 4TB HDD 32GB RAM
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