Not able to ipaddress/gateway/netmask field configuration for deployed ovf in VM using ovftool

[pravi1986]

Hi,

I want to config IP-address/gateway/netmask to the deployed ovf virtual machine and i getting the following info when i run ovftool.exe

Can anyone help me out in configure ipaddress fields.

Or is there any other way to do it.

C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>ovftool.exe --powerOn --diskMode=thin --

ipProtocol=IPv4 --acceptAllEulas --name=pravin --network="VM Network" --prop:IpA

ddress="10.110.208.16" --prop:SubnetMask="255.255.252.0" --prop:Dns="10.110.188.

5" --prop:DefaultGateway="10.110.208.1" --datastore="datastore1" "C:\Sharing\v35

9\ovf_filename.ovf" " vi://root:password@10.110.209.214"

Opening OVF source: //:@WIN-1VPBHEDRE5M:80\Sharing\v359\ovf_filename.ovf

Opening VI target: vi://root@10.110.209.214:443/

Deploying to VI: vi://root@10.110.209.214:443/

Transfer Completed

Powering on VM: pravin

Warning:

- No manifest file found.

- OVF property with key: 'DefaultGateway' does not exists.

- OVF property with key: 'Dns' does not exists.

- OVF property with key: 'IpAddress' does not exists.

- OVF property with key: 'SubnetMask' does not exists.

- No manifest entry found for: 'system.vmdk'.

Completed successfully

[pravi1986]

Can anyone help me in resolving this problem ?

[bithead2]

Assuming you are using the VAMI services (like VMware Studio embeds), you want something like:

--prop:vami.DNS.Your_VM_Name=10.2.4.6,10.7.8.9"

Does this help?

CJ

[pravi1986]

Still its not working. i am having the ESXi host alone and is there any specific software to be installed for using --prop:vami

[bithead2]

If you are deploying direct to a host instead of through a vCenter, VAMI won't do anything at all.

CJ

[pravi1986]

Here I am deploying directly to ESXi host. So then how do i configure IP address and other network settings for the deployed vm machine(SLES OS) ??

[bithead2]

You use the OS tools like Yast2.

CJ

[pravi1986]

i am trying to automate the process of Operating system Deployment and network configuration of the same.

So i need a way for the same.

That's the reason why i am not using yast2.

Is there any other way to automate this ??

-Pravin

[Ben_832]

Did this problem get solved?  I would also like to set the IP of a VM at deploy time.