About
OVA/OVF is an open standard which contains multiple files as a package. OVA and OVF templates are used for distributing pre-configured software as virtual appliances. OVA and OVF are compressed file formats. They can contain multiple VMs, which is useful for cases where software consists of multiple components that must be deployed on different machines.
This article will show you to deploy VM from OVA file.
Preparation
Before proceed to create/deploy Virtual Machine, you must have:
- You have purchase Virtual Data Center
- You have enable/set password and login to vCloud Director . Else, you can find how to enable password and login vCloud Director guidance here.
Guide
1. The first step you can click on DC_XXXXX.
2. Next, select ADD VAPP FROM OVF.
3. Next, upload the OVA file.
4. Select the OVA file you have to upload.
5. Click next.
6. Click next.
7. Fill in the name and description as needed.
8. Choose the storage policy ioSTOR according to your needs, then click next.
9. Select the network you want to use
10. Click next.
11. Click next, if you don't want to customize configuration.
12. And lastly, click finish