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BS ISO/IEC 17203:2017

BS ISO/IEC 17203:2017

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Information technology. Open Virtualization Format (OVF) specification

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BSI 2017 72
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The Open Virtualization Format (OVF) Specification describes an open, secure, efficient and extensible format for the packaging and distribution of software to be run in virtual systems.

The OVF package enables the authoring of portable virtual systems and the transport of virtual systems between virtualization platforms. This version of the specification (2.1) is intended to allow OVF 1.x tools to work with OVF 2.x descriptors in the following sense:

  • Existing OVF 1.x tools should be able to parse OVF 2.x descriptors.

  • Existing OVF 1.x tools should be able to give warnings/errors if dependencies to 2.x features are required for correct operation.

If a conflict arises between the schema, text, or tables, the order of precedence to resolve the conflicts is schema; then text; then tables. Figures are for illustrative purposes only and are not a normative part of the standard.

A table may constrain the text but it shall not conflict with it.

The profile conforms to the cited CIM Schema classes where used. Any requirements contained in the cited CIM Schema classes shall be met. If a conflict arises the CIM Schema takes precedence.

The profile conforms to the cited OVF XML Schema. It may constrain the schema but it shall not conflict with it. If a conflict arises the OVF XML Schema takes precedence.

PDF Catalog

PDF Pages PDF Title
2 National foreword
5 Blank Page
6 Foreword
10 1 Scope
2 Normative references
12 3 Terms and definitions
14 4 Symbols and abbreviated terms
5 OVF package
5.1 OVF package structure
15 5.2 Virtual disk formats
5.3 OVF package options
16 5.4 Distribution as a set of files
6 OVF descriptor
17 7 Envelope element
7.1 File references
18 7.2 Content element
19 7.3 Extensibility
7.4 Conformance
20 8 Virtual hardware description
8.1 VirtualHardwareSection
21 8.2 Extensibility
8.3 Virtual hardware elements
23 8.4 Ranges on elements
25 9 Core metadata sections
26 9.1 DiskSection
27 9.2 NetworkSection
9.3 ResourceAllocationSection
28 9.4 AnnotationSection
9.5 ProductSection
9.5.1 Property elements
30 9.6 EulaSection
31 9.7 StartupSection
32 9.8 DeploymentOptionSection
33 9.9 OperatingSystemSection
9.10 InstallSection
9.11 EnvironmentFilesSection
34 9.12 BootDeviceSection
9.13 SharedDiskSection
35 9.14 ScaleOutSection
36 9.15 PlacementGroupSection and PlacementSection
37 9.16 EncryptionSection
38 10 Internationalization
10.1 Internal resource bundles
10.2 External resource bundles
39 10.3 Message content in external file
11 OVF environment and OVF environment file
40 11.1 Transport media
11.2 Transport media type
42 ANNEX A (informative)Symbols and conventions
43 ANNEX B (normative)OVF XSD
44 ANNEX C (informative)OVF mime type registration template
46 ANNEX D (informative)OVF examples
D.1 Examples of OVF package structure
D.2 Examples of distribution of files
47 D.3 Example of envelope element
D.4 Example of file references
48 D.5 Example of content element
D.6 Examples of extensibility
49 D.7 Examples of VirtualHardwareSection
D.8 Examples of virtual hardware elements
50 D.9 Example of ranges on elements
51 D.10 Example of DiskSection
D.11 Example of NetworkSection
D.12 Example of ResourceAllocationSection
52 D.13 Example of annotation
D.14 Example of Product section
D.15 Example of EULA section
53 D.16 Example of StartupSection
D.17 Example of DeploymentOptionSection
54 D.18 Example of OperatingSystemSection
D.19 Example of InstallSection
D.20 Example of EnvironmentFilesSection
D.21 Example of BootDeviceSection
55 D.22 Example of SharedDiskSection
D.23 Example of ScaleOutSection
56 D.24 Example of PlcementGroupSection
57 D.25 Example of EncryptionSection
58 D.26 Example of internationalization
59 D.27 Example of message content in an external file
60 D.28 Example of environment document
61 ANNEX E (informative)Network port profile examples
E.1 Example 1 (OVF descriptor for one virtual system and one network with an inlined network port profile)
62 E.2 Example 2 (OVF descriptor for one virtual system and one network with a locally referenced network port profile)
64 E.3 Example 3 (OVF descriptor for one virtual system and one network with a network port profile referenced by a URI)
66 E.4 Example 4 (OVF descriptor for two virtual systems and one network with two network port profiles referenced by URIs)
68 E.5 Example 5 (networkportprofile1.xml)
69 E.6 Example 6 (networkportprofile2.xml)
70 ANNEX F (informative)Deployment considerations
F.1 OVF package structure deployment considerations
F.2 Virtual hardware deployment considerations
F.3 Core metadata sections deployment considerations

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