OVA

Open Virtual Machine Format single archive

File type: Virtual machine, virtualization software related file

Files with ova extension can be usually encountered as virtual disk images saved in Open Virtual Machine format. Supported in almost every virtualization software.

Found 2 different file type records with the same ova filename suffix.

.ova (1)

What is ova file?

File type category:
Virtual machine, virtualization software related file

Date updated: June 29, 2024

File extension ova is associated with Open Virtual Machine Format.

Compared to the OVF file format, OVA format contains all virtual machine files and ovf files compressed into one single ova archive file instead of many files in a folder. The file is basically a TAR archive.

For more information check the ovf file extension.

How to open ova file?

You can open the *.ova files in VMware Workstation, or VirtualBox to open *.ova Open Virtual Machine Format files.

How to convert ova file?

VirtualBox and other virtualization tools are usually capable of transformation of OVA archives to some alternative format.

Suggested software to open ova file:

VMware Workstation

VirtualBox

Associated software actions with the ova file

Open

Software applications that can open ova files:

VMware Workstation (Microsoft Windows)

VMware Player (Microsoft Windows)

VirtualBox (Microsoft Windows)

VMware Fusion (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

VirtualBox for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

VirtualBox for Linux (Linux/Unix)

Create

Software apps that create ova files:

VMware Workstation (Microsoft Windows)

VirtualBox (Microsoft Windows)

VMware Fusion (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

VirtualBox for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

VirtualBox for Linux (Linux/Unix)

Convert

Software apps that convert ova files:

XenConvert (Microsoft Windows)

Import

Software apps that import ova files:

VMware Workstation (Microsoft Windows)

VirtualBox (Microsoft Windows)

VMware Fusion (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

VirtualBox for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

VirtualBox for Linux (Linux/Unix)

Export

Software apps that export ova files:

VMware Workstation (Microsoft Windows)

VirtualBox (Microsoft Windows)

VMware Fusion (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

VirtualBox for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

VirtualBox for Linux (Linux/Unix)

.ova (2)

Web Studio project page

File type category:
Document file

Date updated: May 11, 2018

The ova file extension is associated with the Web Studio, a web designing suite for Microsoft Windows operating system, developed by Beach Software.

The ova file stores project page from Web Studio.

How to open ova file?

Use Web Studio to work with *.ova files.

How to convert ova file?

Probably can be converted to other formats.

Suggested software to open ova file:

Web Studio