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OVF uses DMTF's common information model, or CIM standard. The main website for https://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim/ and the operating system information can be found here:
https://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/cim-html/2+/CIM_OperatingSystem.html. The DMTF issues new versions periodically.
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The following values are set in the Operating System Section of the OVF file or description, which is included in the OVA.The "
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<VirtualSystem ovf:id |
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<VirtualSystem ovf:id="vm"> <Info>A virtual ="vm"> <Info>A virtual machine</Info> <Name>WinDev1810Eval</Name> <OperatingSystemSection ovf:id="121" vmw:osType="windows9_64Guest"> <Info>The kind of installed guest operating system</Info> </OperatingSystemSection> |
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For the OperatingSystemSection, the "ovf:id" is an identifier from the CIM standard. You can find it in the CIM_OperatingSystem.mof file of the appropriate CIM standard. The first value in the file is 0, and the file is indexed with comment codes for every 10 values. For example, see https://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/cim-html/2+/CIM_OperatingSystem.html |
Abiquo will automatically create the following template in the catalog. You can also edit the template to configure this OS in the Abiquo UI or in the API.
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