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11-10-2018 03:43 AM - edited 11-10-2018 09:55 AM
If you're looking to deploy Expedition into an ESXi environment you can use Fusion to convert the Expedition vmdk to an OVA format using the steps below.
I am running Fusion ver 10.1.3
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YOU = Your username on your Mac
To deploy the OVA in ESXi 6.0 and earlier you will need to explicitly choose the has as sha1 (default is sha256)
--shaAlgorithm=sha1 ( myMac:VMware OVF Tool YOU$ ./ovftool --acceptAllEulas --shaAlgorithm-sha1 \)
myMac:~ YOU$ cd /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/VMware\ OVF\ Tool/
myMac:VMware OVF Tool YOU$ ./ovftool --acceptAllEulas \
> /Users/YOU/Documents/Virtual\ Machines.localized/Expedition-Beta.vmwarevm/Expedition-Beta.vmx \
> ~/Desktop/Expedition-Beta.ova
Opening VMX source: /Users/YOU/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Expedition-Beta.vmwarevm/Expedition-Beta.vmx
Opening OVA target: /Users/YOU/Desktop/Expedition-Beta.ova
Writing OVA package: /Users/YOU/Desktop/Expedition-Beta.ova
Transfer Completed
Completed successfully
myMac:VMware OVF Tool YOU$
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