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 files, or from OVA files.

OVA deployment is limited to files under 1 gigabyte in size due to Web browser limitations. If you want to deploy an OVA file greater than 1 gigabyte, extract the OVA file using tar and provide the OVF and VMDK files 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 file and click Next.