Chunking or Splitting OVF
Packages
Some file systems have a restriction on
maximum file size. For example, FAT32 allows files only up to 2GB.You can split
the OVF files from a generated package into pieces of a specified maximum size.
The default measurement is megabytes (keyword
mb
). You can specify other units
using one of the following keywords:
Unit
| Keyword
|
|---|---|
Bytes
| b
|
Kilobytes
| kb
|
Gigabytes
| gb
|
For example, to create an OVF package optimized
for a FAT32 file system, use the following command:
> ovftool --chunkSize=2gb <source> package.ovf
Each file chunk has a sequentially numbered
suffix. For example, for a 6GB disk, the chunks have these names:
disk1.vmdk.000000000, disk1.vmdk.000000001, disk1.vmdk.000000002