Import ova

[koola]

Request an example script on how to import an ova into vsphere cluster host.

[pmitoraj]

As far as I know you cannot directly import OVA files. When you untar ova file, you will find ovf file there. This one can be used with API. Here is an example in ruby:
https://github.com/vmware/rbvmomi/blob/master/lib/rbvmomi/vim/OvfManager.rb
I have not found anything similar for python so probably you would need to port it on your own. With ruby version I had some issues because it did not set the network properly for the virtual machine.

[kalazzerx]

you can use the ovatool (CLI) to import OVA's to server. Not a direct python way but better than nothing and tool runs on linux.

[hartsock]

Created a sample request based on this. We may have an additional support issue but I'll cover that in pyvmomi-tools or open a separate bug 'OvfManager unsupported' or something like that.

[mygoda]

sorry ，i have a problem ，when i get device_url, want to download device vmdk use requests, that i can not download.

[DanyC97]

This is a duplicate of #532 which i believe can be closed ?