Generating an OVF Envelope from a VMware configuration file

It is recognized that many x86 based virtual machines already exist and are hosted by one of the VMware hypervisor products. In many cases, it will be desirable to create the OVF envelope metadata and OVF distribution package that represent these previously built virtual machines.

To facilitate this composition scenario, you would leverage a new "Import" capability that has been developed, or more specifically "Import VMware VMX Configuration File". By utilizing this new import capability, you can have the base OVF envelope metadata generated from the VM configuration data file, which can then be subjected to additional editing changes depending on the final OVF package desired. In a fashion similar to the "Composing New" scenario, you will be creating an OVF envelope as a new file into a workspace based project. The following diagrams illustrated the basic steps to perform this type of import.