The OVFtool is something I wished VMware Fusion had a while back and finally got a chance to use it the other day. I checked google and I found that it was located at:
/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/ovftool
As I looked for that path I was surprised it was not there. I upgraded from Fusion 2 to 3 to 3.1 and never recalled a chance or a place to add the OVFtool to my install. I could not find an independent download for the Mac OVFtool. I ended up re-installing the newest version of Fusion and I had to click “Advanced” during the install and turn on the OVFtool to install. Not sure if that is the best way, but that is how I got it to work. 🙂
Now that the path exists I was able to convert the OVF Appliance to be used on my Mac.
ovftool --help reveals a ton of options. To do a basic conversion though try this:
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This will expand and convert the VM to be used with Fusion. Now just select open the VM in Fusion and play away.
you can download a version of ovftool 2.0.1 for windows, linux, and mac at http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/vsphere/automationtools/ovf