$ tar -xvf vmName.ova
$ vi vmName.ovf
$ sha1sum vmName.ovf
$ vi vmName.mf
$ tar -cvf vmName-NEW.ova vmName.ovf vmName-disk1.vmdk vmName.mf
$ tar -xvf vmName.ova
$ vi vmName.ovf
$ sha1sum vmName.ovf
$ vi vmName.mf
$ tar -cvf vmName-NEW.ova vmName.ovf vmName-disk1.vmdk vmName.mf
Thanks! The
--format=ustar
made the difference for me