Ovftool fails in converting an ova file into vmx

[mahivm]

OVFTool fails with manifest issue of ova format, enclosed the command used and the output

ovftool C:\DevVM\Appliance\TestDev.ova C:\DevVM\TestDev\TestDev.vmx

Opening OVA source: C:\DevVM\Appliance\TestDev.ova

Opening VMX target: C:\DevVM\TestDev\TestDev.vmx

Writing VMX file: C:\DevVM\TestDev\TstDev.vmx

Disk Transfer Failed

Error: SHA1 digest of file TestDev-disk1.vmdk does not match manifest

I am using VMware ovftool 2.0.1 (build-260188). Any help and/or pointers appreciated. Thanks.

[FranckRookie]

Hi Mahivm,

Welcome to the forums.

I just searched the forum with your error message and found the following post mentioning this issue:

• http://communities.vmware.com/message/1487308

The solution could be to delete the manifest file (ending with .mf).

Hope it helps.

Regards

Franck

[mahivm]

Thanks for the prompt reply.

As it is a OVA format, we dont have manifest file. I believe the manifest is inside the  OVA file.

I have tried to uncompress ova file by using tar but was not successful.

[mgr01]

To uncompress OVA you may need a tool, if you donot master tar params.
Try ARK in Linux or winrar in Windows. That did the trick for me.

Then you get a directory with one or more files, one being an OVF.