To deploy an OVF template, open the vSphere Desktop Client. Deploy OVF Template. (Optional) On the Configuration page, select a deployment configuration and click Next . You can deploy the OVA file on vSphere 5.x for use during development or for production environments. OVF deploy (vSphere 6.5 only, basic) New VM from Content Library; Drag and Drop VM to VM folder (only within Inventory tree, for now) New Role (new UX) OVF Deploy. Use the New Virtual Machine wizard to deploy virtual machines from OVF and VMDK files, or from OVA files. Key notes: Only works on vSphere 6.5
Deploying from an OVF has been a huge request for a while, and we’re shipping a very basic version right now. On the top-left, click File and select Deploy OVF Template.
Note: The current version of vCenter in the example below is version 5.5. In the next window, browse to the path containing the OVA file. Below the steps to deploy OVA directly from local datastore: Connect to vSphere web client to the vCenter: https:///vsphere-client/ Go to … If you want to deploy an OVA file greater than 1 gigabyte, extract the OVA file using tar and provide the OVF and VMDK files separately. I want to customise the machine before first boot, however the " Power on after deployment " checkbox seems to be missing in this interface: I am trying to deploy a CoreOS machine from OVA on VMware ESXi 6.0 web client (not vCenter).
Size on disk after you deploy the OVF or OVA template. OVA deployment is limited to files under 1 gigabyte in size due to Web browser limitations. On the Select storage page, define where and how to store the files for the deployed OVF or OVA template.