Export a virtual machine from vCenter in OVA-format with the VMware OVFTool
When using the vSphere Client it is only possible to export a virtual machine as a template in OVF-format. Exporting in OVA-format is not supported at the moment. This functionality has been removed since vSphere 6.5 (documentation).
It is however possible to export a virtual machine in the OVA-format with the VMware OVFtool via the command line.
