Friday, October 24, 2025

Deploying the OVA Template

  1. On the destination device, log on to the VMware ESXi server using web client interface.

  2. Click Create/Register VM and under New virtual machine chose Deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or OVA file.
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  3. Browse to the location of the .ova file, enter a name for the virtual machine and then click Next.
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  4. Select storage type and datastore and then click Next.
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  5. Select deployment options and Click Next.
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  6. Review your settings and then click Finish.
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    The deployment starts. Wait for the deployment to complete.