a. Double click the space-2.0R1.x.tar.gz file to open the file.
WinZip opens a dialog box that displays the following information:
“Archive contains X number of files.
<file_name(s).tar>
”Should WinZip decompress it to temporary folder and open it?”
b. Click No.
c. Select the check box Tar file smart CR/LF conversion.
d. Extract the *.tar file from the .gz archive to the desired folder.
e. Double-click on the *.tar file to restart WinZip.
f. Clear the check box Tar file smart CR/LF conversion.
g. Extract the *.tar file.
3. Verify that the Junos Space package files have been extracted to the new directory,
for example:
cd Space/space-2.0R1.x
ls
The space-2.0R1.x directory includes the files described in Table 3 on page 15.
Table 3: Files in the space-2.0R1.x Directory
DescriptionFile Name
The manifest file.
space-2.0R1.x.mf
The virtual appliance source file that is required
to convert the virtual appliance to a virtual
machine.
space-2.0R1.x.ovf
The virtual disk file— a virtual partition with data
and installed operating system (Microsoft
Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and so forth) that
VMware uses to run as a virtual machine under
the host operating system.
space-2.0R1.x-disk1.vmdk
Converting a Virtual Appliance to a Virtual Machine by Using the OVT Tool
To deploy a Junos Space Virtual Appliance to an ESX server, you can use the OVF Tool
2.01. You convert the Junos Space Virtual Appliance (source) to a VMware Infrastructure
virtual machine (destination) to deploy the Junos Space Virtual Appliance on a VMware
ESX Server.
For complete information about using the VMware OVF Tool command-line utility, go
to http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/ovf/.
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