File Formats
Virtual appliances are provided to the user or customer as files, via either electronic downloads or physical distribution. The file format most commonly used is the Open Virtualization Format (OVF). The Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) publishes the OVF specification documentation. Most virtualization vendors, including VMware, Microsoft, Oracle, and Citrix, support OVF for virtual appliances.
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