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OVA inventory field reference and TSL query examples. Use when querying OVA provider inventory (VMs, disks, networks, storage).

kubev2v By kubev2v schedule Updated 6/2/2026

name: inventory-ova description: OVA inventory field reference and TSL query examples. Use when querying OVA provider inventory (VMs, disks, networks, storage).

OVA Inventory Reference

Field names and query examples for OVA providers. Replace <PROVIDER> and <NS> with actual values.

Key differences: OVA nested model types use PascalCase field names (untagged Go struct fields from OVF parsing), unlike vSphere/oVirt which use camelCase.


VM Fields

Identity

Field Type Example
id string Forklift internal ID
name string "exported-vm"
variant string "ova"
path string resource path
ovfPath string path to OVF file
exportSource string export origin
uuid string VM UUID

Compute

Field Type Example
cpuCount number 4
coresPerSocket number 2
memoryMB number 8192
memoryUnits string "MB"
cpuUnits string "cores"

Guest and Firmware

Field Type Example
osType string "rhel_8x64"
firmware string "efi", "bios"
secureBoot bool false

Features

Field Type Example
cpuHotAddEnabled bool false
cpuHotRemoveEnabled bool false
memoryHotAddEnabled bool false
faultToleranceEnabled bool false
changeTrackingEnabled bool false
balloonedMemory number 0
storageUsed number bytes

Disks (disks[*])

OVA disk fields use PascalCase:

Field Type Example
disks[*].ID string disk ID
disks[*].Name string "disk-0"
disks[*].FilePath string "disk1.vmdk"
disks[*].Capacity number bytes
disks[*].CapacityAllocationUnits string "byte * 2^30"
disks[*].DiskId string OVF disk reference
disks[*].FileRef string OVF file reference
disks[*].Format string "http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html#streamOptimized"
disks[*].PopulatedSize number bytes

NICs (nics[*])

Field Type Example
nics[*].Name string "ethernet0"
nics[*].MAC string "00:50:56:be:aa:bb"
nics[*].Network string network name
nics[*].Config[*].Key string config key
nics[*].Config[*].Value string config value

Networks (networks[*])

Field Type Example
networks[*].ID string network ID
networks[*].Name string "VM Network"
networks[*].Description string network description

Devices and Concerns

Field Type Example
devices[*].Kind string device type
concerns[*].id string concern ID
concerns[*].label string concern label
concerns[*].category string "Warning"
concerns[*].assessment string description

Disk Fields (standalone resource)

Query with get inventory disk --provider <PROVIDER>.

Field Type Example
id string Forklift internal ID
name string disk name
variant string "ova"
path string resource path
FilePath string "disk1.vmdk"
Capacity number bytes
CapacityAllocationUnits string "byte * 2^30"
DiskId string OVF disk reference
FileRef string OVF file reference
Format string VMDK format URI
PopulatedSize number bytes

Network Fields

Field Type Example
id string Forklift internal ID
name string "VM Network"
variant string "ova"
Description string network description

Storage Fields

Field Type Example
id string Forklift internal ID
name string storage name
variant string "ova"

VM Query Examples

mtv_read { "command": "get inventory vm", "flags": { "provider": "<PROVIDER>", "namespace": "<NS>", "query": "where cpuCount >= 4", "output": "markdown" } }
mtv_read { "command": "get inventory vm", "flags": { "provider": "<PROVIDER>", "namespace": "<NS>", "query": "where memoryMB > 8192", "output": "markdown" } }
mtv_read { "command": "get inventory vm", "flags": { "provider": "<PROVIDER>", "namespace": "<NS>", "query": "where firmware = 'efi'", "output": "markdown" } }
mtv_read { "command": "get inventory vm", "flags": { "provider": "<PROVIDER>", "namespace": "<NS>", "query": "where name ~= 'prod-.*'", "output": "markdown" } }
mtv_read { "command": "get inventory vm", "flags": { "provider": "<PROVIDER>", "namespace": "<NS>", "query": "where len(disks) > 1", "output": "markdown" } }
Install via CLI
npx skills add https://github.com/kubev2v/mtv-agent --skill inventory-ova
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