usr/local/bin/qemu-img convert -O raw ASAv-0.vmdk ASAv-0.img Then I started to take a closer look into the images. vmdk images as SCSI disks in qemu as VMware shows them as SCSI disks. First I wasted some time trying to mount the. I used a VMworkstation version from ASAv 9.21. I wanted to use ASAv in qemu so I started some research. Posted in ASAv Tagged ASAv Post navigation VMware Workstation should be able to import settings successfully. Once you power on the virtual machine, click an option I copied it. Start VMware Workstation and navigate to the Files -> Open. Replace old virtual disk with the new ones and delete flat vmdk files that are not needed anymore. $ vmware-vdiskmanager -r ASAv922_1.vmdk -t 0. $ vmware-vdiskmanager -r ASAv922.vmdk -t 0. Use the commands bellow to convert virtual disks to single growable virtual disks. To do this we will use offline disk manipulation utility – vmware-vdiskmanager that is included in VMware Workstation. When we check the content of the file ASAv922.vmdk, we can see that virtual disk type is vmfs.Īlthough vmfs format can be directly used by VMware Workstation we will convert it to monolithicSparse type in order to reduce its size. Picture 2 – Size of Virtual Disks Before Conversion The following files were copied to a local host directory. Browse Data store and navigate to ASAv directory.ĭownload all the files from directory to a local host with installed VMware Workstation. Copy ASAv files from Datastore to Local HostĬlick on Inventory and select the option Datastores and Datastore Clusters. After boot, installation is finished and you can power off a virtual machine.Ģ. When OVF XMML parsing is finished, ASAv reboots.

vSphere Web Client or vSphere Client for Windows or Linuxī) VMware Workstation or VMware Player or VMware FusionĬ) Cisco ASAv Virtual Appliance – asav922.ovaĪ) File-> Deploy OVF Template-> select path to ovf templateī) Select configuration (1.Thanks go to the original author of the idea of copying deployed ASAv files from vSphere datastore to a local host.Ī) VMware vSphere 5.x with the following components This article provides step-by-step guide for setting Cisco ASAv Virtual Appliance on VMware – Workstation, Player or Fusion.

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