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Why do an I get an 'unable to parse xml element Envelope' error when importing an OVF into ESX?

Our newer OVFs are now version 1.0 OVFs instead of 0.9 OVFs. Older versions of ESX, 3.5, do not natively support importing 1.0 OVFs through the standard ESX Client. In these cases you must use the ovftool to import the OVF rather than the ESX client or VMware converter. Another alternative would be to ignore the OVF and simply use the standard zipped version of the JumpBox and import the .vmx with VMware Converter.

The OVF tool and its documentation can be downloaded from VMware OVF Community.

The command to import an OVF is as follows:

 ovftool PATH_TO_OVF_FILE.ovf vi://USER:PASSWORD@VC_HOSTNAME_OR_ESX_HOST_NAME/ 

If this ovftool import fails to work, then you will have to avoid our OVFs altogether and use VMware Converter to import the standard .vmx JumpBoxes into your ESX server.

References

• Discussion: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/226562
• OVF Information: http://www.vmware.com/appliances/getting-started/learn/ovf.html
• OVFtool Documentation and Download: http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/ovf/