title: Deploying an OVF/OVA file
body: <p>Deploying an OVF/OVA file to a remote ESXi server</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>I am trying to deploy an OVF/OVA file to a remote ESXi server.</li>
  <li>I want to do this from the command line.</li>
  <li>I have written a simple batch file which deploys the ovf using
  ovftool.exe.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Here is my batch file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    @echo off
      CLS
      set OVF_COMMAND="C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMwareWorkstation\OVFTool\ovftool.exe"
      set OVF_DEPLOY_OFF=ovftool 
  
      IF NOT EXIST %OVF_COMMAND% (
          @echo powershell does not exists at:
          @echo %OVF_COMMAND%
          pause
      ) 
  
      @echo START OF THE BATCH SCRIPT
      @echo         ###############**strong text**######################################################## 
  
      %OVF_DEPLOY_OFF%  --noSSLVerify --disableVerification --skipManifestGeneration C:\Newfolder\vAppTS2\vAppTS2.ovf         vi://administrator:jim@141.192.91.124/nrtms-training/host/141.192.91.9/
  
  
      @echo ####################################################################### 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This <strong>works fine</strong>, but it is <strong>too slow</strong>. The OVF file comprises of one vApp with one VM. When all will be done the vApp will contain about 9 VMs.
  It takes about 20 minutes to deploy the the current vApp which contains only one VM. I cannot imagine how long it will take to deploy a vApp with 9  VMs.
  Is it a way to <strong>make it faster</strong>?
  Cheers.</p>