Setup Guide

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DellProtectedWorkspaceManagementServer–InstallandConfigure–v2.2

ConversionoffilesforVMwareWorkstation7or8

BeforeinstallationcanbeginonVMwareWorkstationversion7or8,theOVFfileprovidedinthedownloadmustbe

convertedtothecorrectformat.Thefollowingstepswilloutlinetheproperstepsfortheconversion.Thefollowing

stepsalsoassumethatVMwareWorkstationhasalreadybeeninstalled.

1. Createa

newfolderwhereyouwantthevirtualappliancetobestoredonthehostsystem.Thiswillbeusedas

thedestinationfolderfortheconvertedfiles.

2. OpenacommandpromptandnavigatetotheVMwareWorkstationinstallationfolder(usuallyC:\ProgramFiles

(x86)\VMware\VMwareWorkstation\).Insidethisfolder,thereis

anotherfoldercalledOVFTool.Navigateinto

thisfolder.

3. Usetheovftool.exetoconverttheOVFfileintothecorrectformatusingthefollowingcommand(Note,the

destinationfoldermustexistbeforerunningthetool).Filenamesarecasesensitive.

a. ovftool.exe<originalovffilelocation>.ovf<convertedvmxfiledestination>.vmx

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Example: 

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b. ovftool.exeC:\Users\Support\Documents\DPW_MS_v2.2.1\DPW_MS_v2.2.1.ovf

C:\Users\Support\Documents\DPW_MS_v2.2.1\DPW_MS_v2.2.1.vmx 

c. ThiswillcreatetheconvertedVMXandVMDKfilesinthedestinationfolder.

Note:VMwareWorkstation9.xandlaterdoesnotrequirethisprocess.SimplyusetheOpencommandasoutlined

belowandselecttheOVFfile.VMwareWorkstationwilldotheconversion

whileopeningthefile.

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