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Virtualization

Qemu

Convert ova file to qemu

unpack like zip/tar file:

tar -xvf "filename.ova"

convert to qcow2 format:

qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 "filenameunpacked.vmdk" new.qcow2

run:

qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 2G -hda new.qcow2