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About Open Virtualization Format (OVF)
Open Virtualization Format (OVF) is an open standard for packaging and distributing virtual appliances or more generally software to be run in virtual machines.

The standard describes an "open, secure, portable, efficient and extensible format for the packaging and distribution of software to be run in virtual machines". The OVF standard is not tied to any particular hypervisor or processor architecture.

These images run in Virtualization systems that support OVF, like VirtualBox and VMWare

OVFAppliances.com
An extension of VirtualBoxImages.com. OVF Appliances prepared with VirtualBox Virtualization software.

OVF Images can be imported to many different Virtualization
Open-OVF Project: http://sourceforge.net/projects/open-ovf/

VMWare OVF information
VMWare Player: http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
VMWare OVF Tool Documentation http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/ovf/


[SOLVED]Error: OVF Package is not supported by target:
- Line 25: Unsupported hardware family 'virtualbox-2.2'.

*** How to get the VMWare ovftool to convert the OVF file.
Open the OVF file in a text editor.

1. Search for the XML Tag <VirtualSystemType>virtualbox2.2</VirtualSystemType>
2. Change it to <VirtualSystemType>vmx-06</VirtualSystemType>
3. Save the file
4. Run ovftool and remember to enter a destination file

TitleDownloadRelease Date
Ubuntu 12.04 amd64 Desktop VirtualBox VDI Virtual ApplianceOVF-VMDK05/07/2012
CentOS 5.6 i386 Gnome Desktop Virtual ApplianceOVF-VMDK Archive (OVA)04/16/2012
Bodhi Linux 0.1.6 i386 Virtual ApplianceOVF-VMDK Archive (OVA)02/24/2011
PeppermintOS Ice 10012010 Virtual ApplianceOVF-VMDK10/08/2010
Vector Linux 6.0 KDE ClassicOVF-VMDK Format11/18/2009
Virtual Android 2.0 SDK Software Development ApplianceVMDK Format11/13/2009
gOS 3.1 Virtual ComputerOVF-VMDK Format01/08/2011
EasyPeasy 1.5 Desktop Virtual ComputerOVF-VMDK Format09/28/2009
Trisquel 3.0 i686 VDI or OVF Virtual ImageOVF-VMDK Format09/12/2009
Calculate Linux 9.7 KDEOVF-VMDK Format07/06/2009
OpenSolaris 2009.06 (VDI or OVF)OVF-VMDK Format09/30/2009
Debris 1.0.4 Virtual ApplianceOVF-VMDK Format06/05/2009
SliTaz 2.0 Virtual ApplianceOVF-VMDK Format06/04/2009
LinuxMint 7 (i386) Virtual ApplianceOVF-VMDK Format06/07/2009
Progex 8.20 x64OVF-VMDK Format06/02/2009
CentOS 5.3 Server VDI (no-GUI) [OVF-VMDK]04/13/2009
Kubuntu 9.04 VDI [Final] [$0.99USD][OVF-VMDK] here04/26/2009
Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop i386 VDI [Final] (VDI or VMDK)OVF-VMDK Format04/25/2009
Debian 5.0 VDIOVF-VMDK Format03/07/2009
OpenSolaris 2008.11 (VDI & VMDK) [$0.99]OVF-VMDK Format01/28/2009