OVF Package with compressed disks is currently not supported for OVF import

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• On importing an Open Virtualization Format (OVF) package provided by vendors you receive the error message: "OVF Package with compressed disks is currently not supported for OVF import".
• When you deploy an OVF template containing compressed files references (typically compressed using gzip), the operation fails.

 

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 5.5.x

Cause

This can occur when vendors create packages using non-supported methods.

Resolution

Vendor needs to provide a supported OVF package.

Workaround:
To workaround this issue, run the following command to convert the OVF or OVA template. The new template must have no compressed disks.

1. Go to the folder containing the template:

cd template-folder

2. Convert the template.
   • OVA template conversion:

path-to-ovf-tool\ovftool.exe ova-template-name.ova newova-template-name.ova

• OVF template conversion:

path-to-ovf-tool\ovftool.exe ovf-template-name.ovf new-ovf-template-name.ovf

The conversion tool link: VMware OVF Tool.

Additional Information

Impact/Risks:
Not able to import OVF packages.