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OVFTool installation on ESXi
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ovftool_installation.sh
#Download OVF tools
wget -q ftp://ftp.example.com/software/vmware/installation_scripts/vmware-ovftool.tar.gz -O /vmfs/volumes/My_Datastore/vmware-ovftool.tar.gz
# Extract ovftool content to /vmfs/volumes/My_Datastore
tar -xzf /vmfs/volumes/My_Datastore/vmware-ovftool.tar.gz -C /vmfs/volumes/My_Datastore/
rm /vmfs/volumes/My_Datastore/vmware-ovftool.tar.gz
# Modify the ovftool script to work on ESXi
sed -i 's@^#!/bin/bash@#!/bin/sh@' /vmfs/volumes/My_Datastore/vmware-ovftool/ovftool
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