Jason Wiley tries out the Virtual Appliance Import feature in VirtualCenter. OVF really takes the virtual appliance concept to a new (and better) level.
Link: VirtuallyCrazy: Importing OVF File From the Internet in VirtualCenter.
Once this process is complete you have a virtual machine configured with the manufacturer reccomended specifications with almost no effort.
I’m really impressed with this process. Hopefully application vendors will embrace this format as the new way to deploy test machines. If this is embraced widely in the consumer level virtualization products, this will be a boon for IT people studying for certification exams at home as well.
