# VMWare Export OVA

Here are instructions for how to export an OVA from a VSphere host.

Locate your credentials for the ESXi host.

Identify the inventory name of the VM that you want to export.

Download the VMWare-ovftool.

A copy is here: "\\\\192.168.1.211\\Programs\\VMWare\\OVF Tool\\VMware-ovftool-4.4.3-18663434-win.x86\_64"

Open a command line window, and use the following:

```
ovftool.exe --noSSLVerify vi://<esxhostname>/<vmname> "D:\<vmname>.ova"
```

Replace the &lt;esxhostname&gt; with the name or IP address of your ESXi host.

Replace the &lt;vmname&gt; with the inventory name of the vm to be exported as OVA.

It will ask you for login credentials, and execute the export to the target folder.

[![image.png](https://wiki.galaxydump.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/scaled-1680-/KbNyUXCsoVZxr2uQ-image.png)](https://wiki.galaxydump.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/KbNyUXCsoVZxr2uQ-image.png)

Once done, the OVA will be created in the target folder you specified.

It can be moved to the new environment and imported.