There is unfortunately a bug in OVF Tool 3.0.1 on Mac that causes OVF Tool not to work if the current directory is not the same as the installation directory! For example, if you have made a symbolic link to OVF Tool or have OVF Tool in the path, you will see the following error:
> ovftool
Error: Locale initialization failed.
Completed with errors
If you execute it directly from the installation directory, it would work:
> cd /Applications/VMware\ OVF\ Tool/
> ovftool
Error: No source or target specified. Try 'ovftool --help' for more options.
Completed with errors
The workaround is to:
- Save the attached script (ovftool.txt) and store it in your home directory (~/).
- Perform the following commands in a terminal window:
>cd /Applications/VMware\ OVF\ Tool/
>sudo mv ovftool ovftool.bin
>sudo cp ~/ovftool.txt ovftool
>sudo chmod a+x ovftool
We are working on an OVF Tool 3.0.2 release where this will be fixed.
/renes