About this task OVF is a platform-independent, efficient, extensible, and open packaging and distribution format for virtual machines. For example, you can import OVF virtual machines exported from VMware Fusion™ or Oracle VM VirtualBox into Workstation Pro. You can import OVF 1.0 and later files only.

You can also use the standalone OVF Tool to convert an OVF virtual machine to VMware runtime format. The standalone version of the OVF Tool is installed in the Workstation Pro installation directory under OVFTool. See the OVF Tool User Guide on the VMware Web site for information on using the OVF Tool.

Jul 18, 2017. VMware Workstation versus Player. GNS3 supports both VMware Workstation Pro and VMware Fusion (Paid software), as well as VMware Player (Free software). Navigate to the directory where the extracted GNS3 VM.ova is located and click Open to open the OVA: Leave the virtual machine name as. Mount And Blade Nova Aetas.