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how to modify .ova file on linux/Mac using terminal....export vm (OVF 1.0) from virtualbox, then modify some tag and hash value for import vm to ESXi
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extract ova files from an archive

$ tar -xvf vmName.ova

modify ovf for some invalid tag

$ vi vmName.ovf

re-calculate sha1 from vmName.ovf, then modify the hash value of vmName.mf

$ sha1sum vmName.ovf
$ vi vmName.mf

package to ova which source files from [vmName.ovf, vmName-disk1.vmdk, vmName.mf]

$ tar -cvf vmName-NEW.ova vmName.ovf, vmName-disk1.vmdk, vmName.mf
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