- So sometimes you want to export an OVF through the GUI right? Yes, of course we do! But we can have problems doing this. The following will walk you through how to export an OVF through the GUI with as few problems as possible (again, these are not guaranteed, these are just steps I have done successfully).
- First off, I have had and known people who have had issues with the vSphere 6.5 Flash web client. A lot of wonky issues here and there. The best performance has been with Chrome, and, another little trick is to “Click” on the login button during initial login instead of hitting enter. This is mostly on the ESXi I have noticed, but good practice would be to click login instead of hitting enter across the board.
- This does not apply with the new HTML5 web-client for 6.7. I have had no issues with this yet (“quotes yet”).
- Once you are logged in, make sure your VM is powered off:
- Also, check to make sure the CD drive is pointing to the client device. If it is pointing to a datastore, or other device, I have had issues here. Best to export it cleanly with just the client device and, disconnected:
- As the above is shown, it is Client Device and it is not connected (just uncheck the connected box).
- Next, right click on your VM, click Template, then Export OVF Template.
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- On the action menu pop-up, make your changes and click OK to start the export:
- Now you should see the downloads in Chrome bar at the bottom, and the progress bar for vSphere in the activities:
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