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  • 1.  How to import only OS not complete data of VM in OVF fortmat?

    Posted Jan 23, 2019 11:46 AM

    I have installed OS on HDD which is the size of 100 GB and home(mounted) in SSD which is having 200 GB of size, I want only OS image.



  • 2.  RE: How to import only OS not complete data of VM in OVF fortmat?
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    Posted Jan 23, 2019 12:49 PM

    Hi

    I would use the VMware Standalone Converter where you do have a choice of which drives to clone.



  • 3.  RE: How to import only OS not complete data of VM in OVF fortmat?

    Posted Jan 23, 2019 01:13 PM

    OVF's are supposed to be exact replicas of original VM. I don't think there is a way to exclude certain disks while exporting to OVF.

    You can detach the second disk, export the ovf and attach the disk again or you can use the Standalone Converter as mentioned by diegodco31to perform a V2V conversion without the second disk and export OVF from converted VM.



  • 4.  RE: How to import only OS not complete data of VM in OVF fortmat?

    Posted Jan 24, 2019 07:16 AM

    Seems both ways we can import

    1) remove hard disk and import

    2) with VMware Standalone Converter

    Thanks