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2 Deploy a Virtual Machine from an OVF or OVA File in the VMware Host Client on page 38
Use the New Virtual Machine wizard to deploy virtual machines from OVF and VMDK les, or from
OVA les.
3 Select OVF and VMDK, or OVA Files to Deploy in the VMware Host Client on page 39
Select the OVF and VMDK les, or OVA le for the virtual machine that you would like to deploy.
4 Select Storage in the VMware Host Client on page 39
Select the datastore in which to store the virtual machine conguration les and all of the virtual disks.
Each datastore might have a dierent size, speed, availability, and other properties.
5 Complete the Deployment of a Virtual Machine from an OVF or OVA File in the VMware Host Client
on page 39
In the Ready to complete page, review the conguration selections that you made for the virtual
machine.
OVF and OVA Limitations for the VMware Host Client
You can create a virtual machine in the VMware Host Client by using OVF and VMDK les, or OVA les.
However, several limitations are applicable to this deployment method .
OVA Limitations
You can upload OVA les by using either a Web browser or a client. The memory requirements are
signicant and might cause the Web browser to stop responding or make the system unstable. The size of
the OVA le that can be uploaded depends on how much memory is available on your system. VMware
tests show that Google Chrome can upload OVA les of about 1 gigabyte. Mozilla Firefox can extract larger
OVA les, but might become unresponsive.
To deploy a large OVA le, VMware recommends to rst extract the OVA on your system by running the
command tar -xvf <file.ova>. Then you can provide the deployment wizard with the OVF and VMDKs as
separate les.
OVF Limitations
The size of OVF les that a Web browser can upload are also limited. Dierent Web browsers have dierent
le size limits. Recent versions of Internet Explorer can upload OVF les up to 4 gigabytes in size. Mozilla
Firefox also has a 4 gigabyte limit. Google Chrome can handle larger les and there is no documented limit.
Deploy a Virtual Machine from an OVF or OVA File in the VMware Host Client
Use the New Virtual Machine wizard to deploy virtual machines from OVF and VMDK les, or from OVA
les.
OVA deployment is limited to les under 1 gigabyte in size due to Web browser limitations. If you want to
deploy an OVA le greater than 1 gigabyte, extract the OVA le using tar and provide the OVF and VMDK
les separately.
Procedure
1 Right-click Host in the VMware Host Client inventory and select Create/Register VM .
The New Virtual Machine wizard opens.
2 On the Select creation type page of the wizard, select Deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or OVA
 and click Next.
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