OVFTOOL Locator does not refer to an objecr

ncekic · ‎03-18-2019

Hey Community,

i´try to use ovftool to deploy an OVA appliance inside the vcenter. I get an error:

Error: Locator does not refer to an object: vi://administrator%40vsphere.local@myvcenter.domain.com:443/test/vm/template/vmware/

Here is my command:

ovftool --acceptAllEulas -ds=DATASTORE_A_001 --net:"vxw-dvs-111-virtualwire-10-sid-100067-LS-A0-1-VMware" --deploymentOption=tiny --diskMode=thin "C:\tmp\test_OVA.ova" vi://myvcenter.domain.com/test/vm/template/vmware

I have also tried to post the vi://.... in " " but that also don´t work. Also tried to use an admin user without @. No success. Even if i try to connect over the ovftool to the vcenter i get the above named error. Command: ovftool vi://administrator%40vsphere.local@myvcenter.domain.com/test/vm/template/vmware

Any idea whats the problem????

Also if i want to post in the command, DNS, Gateway, IP i do not have all informations. The "ClassID" and the "InstanceID" are missing when i execute:

ovftool "C:\tmp\test_OVA.ova"

The command should be like this i need

ovftool.exe --acceptAllEulas -ds="datastore1" \

--net:"Isolated Network"="DMZ" \

--prop:"vami.gateway.vSphere_Data_Protection_5.8"="10.0.2.1" \

--prop:"vami.DNS.vSphere_Data_Protection_5.8"="10.0.1.254" \

--prop:"vami.ip0.vSphere_Data_Protection_5.8"="10.0.2.150" \

--prop:"vami.netmask0.vSphere_Data_Protection_5.8"="255.255.255.0" \

\\nas\data\nfs\VMWare\vSphereDataProtection-5.8.ova \

vi://vcsa.domain.com/datacentername/host/clustername

I only get this informations when executing: ovftool "C:\tmp\test_OVA.ova"

OVF version: 1.0

VirtualApp: false

Name: Ops-Manager

Version: 2.3-build.258

Vendor: Pivotal

Annotation: Ops Manager for Pivotal Cloud Foundry

installs and manages PCF products and services.

Download Size: 3.96 GB

Deployment Sizes:

Flat disks: 160.00 GB

Sparse disks: Unknown

Networks:

Name: Network 1

Description: Logical network used by this appliance.

Virtual Machines:

Name: FAKE_FILENAME

Operating System: otherguest

Virtual Hardware:

Families: vmx-09

Number of CPUs: 1

Cores per socket: 1

Memory: 8.00 GB

Disks:

Index: 0

Instance ID: 5

Capacity: 160.00 GB

Disk Types: SCSI-lsilogic

NICs:

Adapter Type: E1000

Connection: Network 1

Properties:

Key: ip0

Label: IP Address

Type: string

Description: The IP address for the Ops Manager. Leave blank if DHCP is

desired.

Key: netmask0

Label: Netmask

Type: string

Description: The netmask for the Ops Manager's network. Leave blank if DHCP

is desired.

Key: gateway

Label: Default Gateway

Type: string

Description: The default gateway address for the Ops Manager's network. Leave

blank if DHCP is desired.

Key: DNS

Label: DNS

Type: string

Description: The domain name servers for the Ops Manager (comma separated).

Leave blank if DHCP is desired.

Key: ntp_servers

Label: NTP Servers

Type: string

Description: Comma-delimited list of NTP servers

Key: admin_password

Label: Admin Password

Type: password

Description: This password is used to SSH into the Ops Manager. The username

is 'ubuntu'. One or both of Admin Password and SSH Key is

required.

Key: public_ssh_key

Label: Public SSH Key

Type: string

Description: The Public SSH Key is used to allow SSHing into the Ops Manager

with your private ssh key. The username is 'ubuntu'. One or both

of Admin Password and SSH Key is required.

Key: custom_hostname

Label: Custom Hostname

Type: string

Description: This will be set as the hostname on the VM. Default:

'pivotal-ops-manager'.