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    <title>topic probing OVF-files in datastore in Open Virtualization Format Tool Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I can't get my head around how to access the datastore via ovftool.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The setup: I have exported three VMs on one server into .OVF-Format and I want to transfer them onto another server. Due to network problems and the inability to import the OVFs from a local machine (those problems are for other threads), I put the three OVF-folders directly in the datastore of the new server.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Since I only can import OVF-files from a local machine, I thought that I could use ovftool to set the source for the OVF to the datastore.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;But I can't even probe for the files in the datastore, I tried several variations (slashs, backslashs, paths) of&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;ovftool vi://192.168.XXX.XXX?ds=[datastore1]/vmProject/vmachines/vMaster&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;/vMaster&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;.ovf&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I always end up with "Datacenter object not found". I also can't get "possible completions" when I omit path-structures.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The server is freshly set up and has no virtual machines installed until now, the only items in the datastore are the OVF-folder-structure.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I read the Guide, used the example syntax but somehow I can't get it to show me the details of a OVF in the datastore. If I point to a local path, everything is fine...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;help would be much appreciated&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:43:43 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>grimvar</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2011-03-25T12:43:43Z</dc:date>
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      <title>probing OVF-files in datastore</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Open-Virtualization-Format-Tool/probing-OVF-files-in-datastore/m-p/1722494#M952</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I can't get my head around how to access the datastore via ovftool.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The setup: I have exported three VMs on one server into .OVF-Format and I want to transfer them onto another server. Due to network problems and the inability to import the OVFs from a local machine (those problems are for other threads), I put the three OVF-folders directly in the datastore of the new server.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Since I only can import OVF-files from a local machine, I thought that I could use ovftool to set the source for the OVF to the datastore.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;But I can't even probe for the files in the datastore, I tried several variations (slashs, backslashs, paths) of&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;ovftool vi://192.168.XXX.XXX?ds=[datastore1]/vmProject/vmachines/vMaster&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;/vMaster&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;.ovf&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I always end up with "Datacenter object not found". I also can't get "possible completions" when I omit path-structures.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The server is freshly set up and has no virtual machines installed until now, the only items in the datastore are the OVF-folder-structure.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I read the Guide, used the example syntax but somehow I can't get it to show me the details of a OVF in the datastore. If I point to a local path, everything is fine...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;help would be much appreciated&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:43:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Open-Virtualization-Format-Tool/probing-OVF-files-in-datastore/m-p/1722494#M952</guid>
      <dc:creator>grimvar</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2011-03-25T12:43:43Z</dc:date>
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