Create a vApp

Overview

A vApp consists of one or more virtual machines that communicate over a network and use resources and services in a deployed environment. A vApp can contain multiple virtual machines.

Instead of creating a vApp based on a vApp template, you can decide to create a vApp using virtual machines from catalogs, new virtual machines, or a combination of both.

Building a vApp requires you to provide a name and optionally a description of the vApp. You can go back and add the virtual machines to the vApp at a later stage.

Note: vApp can contain multiple VMs, please careful to shut down\Stop vApp. It will affect to all VMs inside vApp.

Procedure

I. Create a vApp

1. On the Virtual Data Center dashboard screen, click the card of the virtual data center you want to explore, and from the left panel, select vApps.

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2. In the vApps page, click New, then select New vApp.

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3. Enter a Name and, a Description (optionally) for the vApp.

4. (Optional) If you want the vApp to power on upon deployment, select the Power on check box.

5. Click Add Virtual Machine.

NOTE: You can click Create at this point to create an empty vApp and add VMs to it later.

6. In the New VM dialog box, select:

• New to create a VM from scratch Create a New Standalone Virtual Machine

• From Template to create a VM from an existing template Create a Virtual Machine from a Template

7. (Optional) Repeat Step 5 for each additional virtual machine you want to create within the vApp.

8. To complete the creation of the vApp, click Create.

II. Add a Network to a vApp

You can add a network to a vApp to make the network available to the virtual machines in the vApp. You can add a vApp network or an organization virtual data center network to a vApp.

1. On the Virtual Data Center dashboard screen, click the card of the virtual data center you want to explore, and from the left panel, select vApps.

2. On vApps page, select Card View to view vApp in card view.

3. Click Actions menu of the vApp to which you want to add a network, select Add > Add Network.

4. In Add Network page:

Check type: Direct and select network that you want to add.

5. Click ADD

III. Move a Virtual Machine to vApp

Procedure

1. On the Virtual Data Center dashboard screen, click the card of the virtual data center you want to explore, and from the left panel, select Virtual Machines.

2. On Virtual Machines Windows, select Card View to view Virtual Machine in card view.

3. Click Actions menu of the Virtual Machineo which you want to Move, select Move

4. Select destination vApp >> Next

5. On Configure Resource:

Enter & validate the information: Name, Computer Name, Target VM storage Policy, Network, IP Mode for Virtual Machine > Next

6. Validate and click Done