title: convert vmdk to ova using ovftool
body: <p>I am trying to convert vmdk file to ova uisng ovftool</p>
  
  <p>This is the command I type.</p>
  
  <pre><code> C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool&gt;ovftool -st=vmdk "C:\Windows Server 2016\win2trg1-1.vmdk" -tt=ova "C:\Windows Server 2016\win2trg1-1.ova"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However it did not work. The error is found below.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Error: Failed to parse option '-st=vmdk'. Reason: Source type not known: vmdk
  Completed with errors
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am using windows 8 cmd and I did get help from this link.
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30715081/convert-vmx-to-ovf-using-ovftool">convert VMX to OVF using OVFtool</a>. It did not work</p>
  
  <p>Any solutions?</p>