Use Orchestrator to import an ova file.

[qc4vmware]

I found information and a plugin on how to import an ovf using orchestrator but I can't find a way of importing an ova.  Since I can do this via the viclient I figure it must be supported in the api but maybe not in the vCO plugin?  Is there some way of extracting the descriptor from the ova and still using the ovf manager to do the import?  I am dissecting the action that comes with the ovf transfer plugin and it is hanging at that point since it is actually trying to pull down the whole ova.  I am also going to look at creating a wrapper for the ovf tool assuming that can import ova's.  Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Paul.

[vmwaredownload]

We also have the same problem and we are going down the same path...wrapper logic to convert OVA to OVF then use the plugin to upload the OVF. Here is what I am trying today:

1. Download OVA from http
2. We would need to wrap the plugin to transition OVA to OVF
   1. Possibly leverage the ovftool
      1. https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/ovf/
      2. ovftool [OVA-FILE] [OVF-FILE] 
3. Use vCO OVF plugin to import the latest template into vCenter
   1. I have tested this and it works with our OVF files.

Our end-game is to overwrite the template that vCAC is using to clone from without renaming it.

[qc4vmware]

I ended up just writing a wrapper for the ovf tool.  So far it has worked like a charm!  Thanks.