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Open Virtualization Format SVPC Working Group DMTF

OVF Highlights OVF Technology & Tools OVF Pedigree •Initial draft submitted to DMTF in 2007 OVF XML Structure OVF is an International Standard Framework and •DMTF 1.0 standard in February 2009 Packaging format used in the creation, deployment and Section Locations Multiplicity management of Virtual Appliances (VAs) and Virtual •DMTF 1.1 standard in January 2010 Machines (VMs). DiskSection- Describes meta-information about all virtual disks in the package Envelope Zero or One •ANSI/INCITS 469-2010 Standard 2010 NetworkSection- Describes logical networks used in the package Envelope Zero or One •ISO/IEC 17203 standard in August 2011 OVF is a platform-independent, extensible, open, Specifies reservations, limits, and shares on a given VirtualSystemCollection Zero or One packaging and distribution format for virtual appliances. ResourceAllocationSection- •DMTF 2.0 work-in-progress resource, such as memory or CPU for a virtual machine collection OVF Version 2.0 Feature Overview OVF, as ‘metadata’, can be used in the full lifecycle of AnnotationSection- Specifies a free-form annotation on an entity VirtualSystem Zero or One any VA or VM. VirtualSystemCollection •Scaling at Deployment Time ProductSection- Specifies product-information for a package, such as product name and VirtualSystem Zero or more •Support for Basic Placement Policies OVF uses ‘XML’ for representing this metadata about version, along with a set of properties that can be configured VirtualSystemCollection •Encryption of OVF Packages VAs and VMs and their deployment and operating EulaSection- Specifies a license agreement for the software in the package VirtualSystem Zero or more •Disk Sharing at Runtime environments. VirtualSystemCollection •Advanced Device Boot Order StartupSection- Specifies how a virtual machine collection is powered on VirtualSystemCollection Zero or One Utilizing OVF- Vendors can package VAs and VMs in a •Advanced Mechanism for Passing Information single pre-packaged appliance that can be deployed on DeploymentOptionSection- Specifies a discrete set of intended resource requirements Envelope Zero or One to a Guest OS customers’ virtualization platforms. OperatingSystemSection- Specifies the installed guest operating system of a VM VirtualSystem Zero or One •Improved I18N Support InstallSection- Specifies that the VM needs to be initially booted to install and configure VirtualSystem Zero or One OVF provides: •Support Network Port Profile for virtual the software • Portability for VAs and VMs Ethernet ports and switches • While being platform neutral OVF allows for vendor specific extensions Product Support for OVF OVF Value Proposition • Support for any open virtual hard disk format Product OVF Support Since Release Date • Optimized for secure VA and VM distribution VirtualBox; Oracle VM 2.2.0 April 2009 Key benefits of the OVF standard include: • Simplified installation and deployment RedHat Enterprise Virtualization 2.2 March 2010 •Portable virtual machine (VM) packaging • Full support for single or multiple VM configurations •Optimization for secure distribution • Vendor and Platform Independent VMware ESX 3.5; Workstation 6.5; Player 3.1 December 2007 • International Standard IBM Power Server AIX, Linux z/VM, IBM Systems Director •Simplified installation and deployment (via VMControl Enterprise Edition plug-in) •Supports single VM & multi-VM configurations IBM SmartCloud IBM SmartCloud Enterprise 1.4 October 2011 •Vendor and platform independent OpenNode Cloud Platform 1.1 November 2010 Other Input Author Input Author Function •Extensible & Localizable rPath 4.0 c.2008 •Inherent Interoperability Capture Microsoft System Center (VMM) Since SC 2012 June 2012 Author Import VCM Forum Export OVF Toolkits Policy & The goal of the VCM Forum is Metadata OVF OVF Package Vendor Product Notes validation and interoperability of the Support system virtualization and cloud Platform Citrix Systems Project Kensho Yes Open Source OVF Toolkit Deployment Acquire management standards and OVF. Input Virtual System Online Service that provides automated assembly of software components into a Guest OS Jumpbox Powered by Jumpbox Yes (boot process) OVF Jumpbox appliance. Deployment Property Deploy www.dmtf.org/ovf Function Values Appliance Toolkit for ISVs that allows customization of SuSe Linux as JeOS for www.dmtf.org/vman Generate Oracle SuSe Studio Yes appliance optimization, testing and delivery. Contact information Virtual Disk Provides a virtual server-optimized version of RedHat Enterprise Linux server DMTF - Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. Image RedHat Thincrust.net Yes and Fedora tools to help ISVs lock down a good configuration of their software. www.dmtf.org OVF Stage environment XML Transport Appliance Management Platform that incorporates call-home, self-updating, and rPath rBuilder Yes Published standards at: OVF Lifecycle other capabilities. http://dmtf.org/standards/published_documents OVF-based authoring environment for building appliances, integrating them with Standards & Work In Progress Documents VMware VMware Studio Yes SVPC Work Group Open Virtualization Format Specification; v1.0; VMware Infrastructure, and publishing updates. DSP0243 [email protected] v1.1 and WIP v2.0 System Center 2012 Provides support to export/import of OVF 1.1 packages from/to Microsoft System [email protected] DSP8027 OVF Environment XSD; v1.0; v1.1 Microsoft Yes (VMM) Center 2012 (VMM) environment using OVF Export/Import tool. Workgroup Chair DSP8023 OVF Envelope XSD; v1.0; v1.1; v2.0 Mr. Lawrence Lamers - VMware Inc. DSP2021 OVF Examples; v1.0 Image composition tool bundled with Smart Cloud Provisioning, IBM Workload IBM ICCT Yes Vice-Chair – Virtualization Management DSP2017 OVF White Paper; v1.0 Deployer and IBM PureApplication System Michael Johanssen - IBM Development