6 The entire directory can be distributed as an Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) package, which is a tar archive file with the OVF directory inside. So I can sensible move this firstly to the correct location and then it should be like an import so completing my process to move a VM to a different machine but,ฤก. In addition to the OVF descriptor, the OVF package will typically contain one or more disk images, and optionally certificate files and other auxiliary files. So I can from File, Open and Select the Clone folder from last step and it know It was moved or copied. Completed fine which creates a clone and I can fire up login and networking etc. ova extension.This list is created by collecting extension information reported by users through the 'send report' option of FileTypesMan utility. ova files In the following table, you can find a list of programs that can open files with. So I then did a CLONE of the latest SNAPSHOT - option "current state inn the virtual machine", full clone, saved it to the default location it suggested. .ova Extension - List of programs that can open.
Selected one of the ISO files imported fine and started to run but began the install of the UBUNTU server and not IMPORT the VM to the lastest snapshot. So then within VMware workstation pro I selected File, New Virtual Machine as normal, Normal and selected installed disk image and browsed to where I exported my OVF and there are 2 ISO files, I assume due to having done 2 snapshots of the VM's to get to the final cusotmized verision. So, selected the VM, clicked on Export to OVF - selected destination all completed. So I needed to create an OVF file so I can import into other hosts taking on all the configuation/customization completed. Tested via logging onto the image via a browser working as expected. Running VM Workstatio Pro, installed Ubuntu from an ISO file then added a number of packages to create a working server including the creation of a website and import of a cusotmised database.