What Is an OVA File?
The file is stored in the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) as aTARarchive.
Some examples includeOutlook Voice Access,Original Video Animation, andOffice Validation Assistant.
OVA Files.
You’ll need Octava to open musical score files.
Keep that in mind when you’re deciding what format you want the virtual machine to end up as.
you could instead just extract it from the OVA file using one of the file unzip programs mentioned above.
See this tutorial at Edoceo to learn how to convert the OVA file to QCOW2 for use with QEMU.
VMware OVF Tool is acommand-linetool that lets you import and export OVA files to and from other VMware products.
VMware vCenter Converter works, too.
Still Can’t Open It?
PVA is another example, but it’s a video file.
Trying to open any of those files with the virtualization tools mentioned above will not get you anywhere.
Similar to Octava musical score files are Overture musical score files that use the OVE file extension.
