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Making a OVA file compatible with VMWare
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This is a recipe to fix this error when importing to VMWare an OVA file:

Download and install OVFTool (https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/ovf/)

Convert OVA to VMX using the command below (this will create example.vmx)

$ ovftool example.ova example.vmx

Note: If this command fails, try to re-run again adding the option --lax so error on the version of the metadata is converted into a warning.

Now edit the VMX file and look for “virtualhw.version” parameter, change it ("10" is usually ok, but the actual value depends on your VMWare setup) and save the file.

virtualhw.version = "10"

Convert VMX back to OVA using the same command.

$ ovftool example.vmx example.ova
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