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Neil_Billett
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Jan 07, 2020

Unable to deploy BIGIP-13.1.1-0.0.4.ALL-scsi.ova in ESXi 6.0.0 Update 2

Hi,   We're aiming to try out BIGIP Local Traffic Manager to see how our application works with it and currently can't get the trial image to deploy into our ESXi hypervisor.   The ova I've d...
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Enes_Afsin_Al
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Jan 07, 2020

Hi Neil,

Can you try using VMware OVF Tool?

1. Download OVF Tool and install.

https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/ovf/

2. Copy ova file to D on windows.

3. Open cmd.

4. Change directory.

cd C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool

5. Deploy ova. Example command:

ovftool.exe --acceptAllEulas --datastore="MDEV_ESX_POOL" --net:"mgmt.addr"="VM Network" D:BIGIP-13.1.1-0.0.4.ALL-scsi.ova vi://172.16.12.12

vi://172.16.12.12 »»» VMware IP address

D:BIGIP-13.1.1-0.0.4.ALL-scsi.ova »»» Ova file location

--datastore="MDEV_ESX_POOL" »»» datastore name

--net:"mgmt.addr"="VM Network" »»» interface names. You may encounter error for this. You correct the interface names according to the error.

REF: https://vmware.github.io/vic-product/assets/files/html/1.5/vic_vsphere_admin/deploy_vic_appliance_ovftool.html