ovftool "locator does not refer to an object"

[nicolaj]

I am trying to create an OVF from a vm in vsphere - I'm running ovftool on a linux machine, and using the following syntax (I got this from the ovftool users guide):

ovftool username@myvcenter.aaa.com/"datacenter name"/vm/vmname /local/path/tostoreit/vnname.ovf

It prompts for a password, I enter the password, and it comes back with:

Opening VI source: vi://username@myvcenter.aaa.com/datacenter name/vmname
Error: Locator does not refer to an object:vi://username@myvcenter.aaa.com/datacenter name/vmname

Incidentally, I get the exact same error when I try using the mac version of ovftool, and the windows version.

Please help - I know this should work. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong, but I have to get this working pretty fast.

Thank you!!

[admin]

from the "Opening...." line it looks like you did not add the .../datacenter name/vm/vmname?

you should let the smart help guide you to an object

by saying:

.../datacenter name/ (without the vmname etc)

eske

[nicolaj]

Thank you for that "smart help guide". That showed me what the problem was. The virtual machine was outside of the "discovered virtual machines" folder.