Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) prerequisites

The following prerequisites apply to Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) file migrations:

All OVA files are created by VMware vSphere.

Note	Migration of OVA files that were not created by VMware vSphere but are compatible with vSphere might succeed. However, migration of such files is not supported by {project-short}. {project-short} supports only OVA files created by VMware vSphere.

The OVA files are in one or more folders under an NFS shared directory in one of the following structures:
- In one or more compressed Open Virtualization Format (OVF) packages that hold all the VM information.
  
  The filename of each compressed package must have the .ova extension. Several compressed packages can be stored in the same folder.
  
  When this structure is used, {project-short} scans the root folder and the first-level subfolders for compressed packages.
  
  For example, if the NFS share is, /nfs, then:
  The folder /nfs is scanned.
  The folder /nfs/subfolder1 is scanned.
  But, /nfs/subfolder1/subfolder2 is not scanned.
- In extracted OVF packages.
  
  When this structure is used, {project-short} scans the root folder, first-level subfolders, and second-level subfolders for extracted OVF packages. However, there can be only one .ovf file in a folder. Otherwise, the migration will fail.
  
  For example, if the NFS share is, /nfs, then:
  The OVF file /nfs/vm.ovf is scanned.
  The OVF file /nfs/subfolder1/vm.ovf is scanned.
  The OVF file /nfs/subfolder1/subfolder2/vm.ovf is scanned.
  But, the OVF file /nfs/subfolder1/subfolder2/subfolder3/vm.ovf is not scanned.