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vmware ovf sequence question
Hello,
When we do ovf deployment, it will start to ask question, etc.. and will do fill it up as we needed, once it's done it will start to copy the VMDK file to ESX host, how does it work? Does it do SSH copy from source?
When we do ovf deployment, it will start to ask question, etc.. and will do fill it up as we needed, once it's done it will start to copy the VMDK file to ESX host, how does it work? Does it do SSH copy from source?
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I would like to know the sequence for both, for webclient once we give ovf file, it would read the info and select the vmdk and configure, from vcenter to ESX host, what kind of sequence is happening? How exactly data copied to ESXhost ? Is it SCP or OVFtool
I'm afraid neither.
vSphere Client opens a TCP Port 443 to vCenter Server, authenticates, and then when you upload an OVF, the VMDK is opened on the workstation, and then directly to the Host via 443 TCP is written.
Web Client uses a different method as the client integration plugin reads the data from your workstation, and uploads via 9443.
vSphere Client opens a TCP Port 443 to vCenter Server, authenticates, and then when you upload an OVF, the VMDK is opened on the workstation, and then directly to the Host via 443 TCP is written.
Web Client uses a different method as the client integration plugin reads the data from your workstation, and uploads via 9443.
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Thank you very much. Is there a we can download the template from one ESX host and upload into another ESX host ?
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are you using vSphere Client ? (C# legacy)
are you using Web Client ?