Deploy OVF from VMware ESXi Datastore

If you have followed my last post, by now you must be aware on how to Import OVF file from our Local System/Server or how to Export OVF file to our Local System/Server. If you would like to Deploy the OVF file from Vspher’s Datastore, then you can follow the below steps.

• Launch browser and type Vsphere’s IP Address.     https://X.X.X.X/folder     (Replace X.X.X.X with Vsphere’s IP Address)
• Enter root credentials when prompted.
• Click on ha-datacenter

• Click on the Datastore and Folder where your OVF files are located
• Right click on the Filename.OVF and click Copy Link Location  (Filename will depend on the OVF you exported earlier)

• Login to the Vsphere using Vsphere Client
• Click on Deploy OVF Template
• Deploy from a file or URL > Paste the URL link that you copied earlier in the above step
• Click on Next
• Follow the Wizard and select the options accordingly (how would you like the VM to be deployed)
• Click on Finish

That’s all !! This is how you import Virtual Machines using OVF from Datastore.

Avinash Karnani

I am working in an IT company and having 10+ years of experience into Cisco IP Telephony and Contact Center. I have worked on products like CUCM, CUC, UCCX, CME/CUE, IM&P, Voice Gateways, VG224, Gatekeepers, Attendant Console, Expressway, Mediasense, Asterisk, Microsoft Teams, Zoom etc. I am not an expert but i keep exploring whenever and wherever i can and share whatever i know. You can visit my LinkedIn profile by clicking on the icon below.

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