Make Aspect virtual machine compatible to VMWare

[gassmoeller]

The current Aspect virtual machine uses a file format .ova, which in principle is compatible with most virtualization software. Currently however, there are Oracle specific extensions included that seem to prevent the image from running for example with an VMware software (I just got a question from a potential new aspect user about this, have not checked it myself). Is it possible to remove these extensions in future releases to increase compatibility of the image? I am too less involved in the process of creating these images to know the problems/work related, but Jonathan or Timo could you take a look at this at some point?

[tjhei]

There is an option "write in legacy OVF 0.9 format for compatibility with other virtualization products", but I have no idea what the disadvantages are or if this works with vmware.

[gassmoeller]

Ok I found the option. I will give it a try and test it. I guess most users will use Virtualbox anyway, so maybe that is not a high priority issue.

[tjhei]

Rene, can this be closed?

[gassmoeller]

I think so. I never heard again from somebody who wanted to use VMware for the virtual machine (maybe it even works now? I can not test that.). Lets close it for now, and if somebody complains, we can reopen or create a new issue.