You'll have to have a VMware.com account to download it, and you will be given different binaries to choose from (Windows/Mac/etc). Once you have downloaded/installed the OVF Tool, you will use it to convert the OVF. On my MBP w/Lion, it installed to /opt/vmware/ovftool You will use the OVF Tool from a Terminal window.
You can import an Open Virtualization Format (OVF) virtual machine and run it in Fusion. You can import both .ovf and .ova files.
Fusion converts the virtual machine from OVF format to VMware runtime (.vmx) format.
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- VMware OVF Tool for Linux 32-bit; File size: 33.41 MB; File type: bundle; Read More: Download Now. VMware OVF Tool for Linux 64-bit; File size: 34.78 MB; File type: bundle; Read More: Download Now. VMware OVF Tool for Mac OSX; File size: 18.24 MB; File type: dmg; Read More: Information about MD5 checksums, and SHA1 checksums and SHA256.
- Import and export of OVF packages into a vApprun 1.0 workspace. How: Download and Install the VMware OVF Tool. Downloading and installing the VMware OVF tool to export VMs is a piece of cake, however, it is my style to take nothing for granted.
OVF is a platform-independent, efficient, extensible, and open packaging and distribution format for virtual machines. For example, you can import OVF virtual machines exported from Workstation Pro into Fusion. You can import OVF 1.x files only.
You can also use the standalone OVF Tool to convert an OVF virtual machine to VMware runtime format. For information about using the OVF Tool, see the OVF Tool User Guide.
Download or copy the OVF virtual machine file (.ovf or .ova file) to a location that is accessible to your Mac.
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Procedure
- Select File > Import.
- Click Choose file and browse to the .ovf or .ova file and click Open.
- Type the name for the imported virtual machine in the Save As text box and indicate where to save it. The default destination is the Virtual Machines folder created by Fusion.
- Click Save. Fusion performs OVF specification conformance and virtual hardware compliance checks. A status bar indicates the progress of the import process.
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