Issues with UUID and MAC options when using OVF export/import

[aderoche]

Hello community,

I'm testing the ability of vCenter server 6.5 to export/import ovf templates.

As requirements, I want to keep the same BIOS UUID and MAC address of nics when I export/import a VM.

In the export form, I tick the checkbox for exporting UUID and MAC address. When I inspect the exported ovf file, I only see the UUID and MAC are not exported. When I import the OVF (after having deleted the VM), a new bios UUID is used (UUID in OVF file is ignored?) and MAC address are regenerated (obvious since not present in OVF file). So have I misunderstood those concepts or is it a bug?

Thanks for help

[sWORDs]

I've got the same issue. What does work:

ovftool --exportFlags=mac,uuid vi://username:password@vCenter1/Datacenter1/vm/SourceVM OVF.ovf

[TheUnF]

Using --exportFlags=mac,uuid,extraconfig or with --allowAllExtraConfig parameter on Fusion 10.1.1 I also cannot export static mac addresses.