4 Navigate to the local folder where you want to save the OVF file and click Save.
You can click the Launch Uploads and Downloads Progress Window button from My Organization's
Catalogs to track the progress.
Upload an OVF Package as a vApp Template
You can upload an OVF package from remote shares and your local directory to vCloud Director as a vApp
template.
You are at least a catalog creator.
vCloud Director supports OVFs based on the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) Specification. If you upload
an OVF file that includes OVF properties for customizing its virtual machines, those properties are preserved
in the vApp template.
Prerequisites
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The computer from which you are uploading must have Java Plug-in 1.6.0_10 or later installed.
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For information about creating OVFs, see the OVF Tool User Guide and VMware vCenter Converter 4.0.1
User's Guide.
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vCloud Director does not support uploading compressed OVF files.
Procedure
1 Click Catalogs > My Organization's Catalogs.
2 On the vApp Templates tab, click the Upload button.
3 Type the name and path of the OVF file to upload, or click Browse, select the OVF file, and click
Upload.
4 Type a name and optional description for the vApp template.
5 Select a destination vDC and catalog.
6 Click Upload.
You can click the Launch Uploads and Downloads Progress Window button to track the progress.
What to do next
Verify that VMware Tools is installed in each virtual machine in the vApp. See “Installing VMware Tools in a
vApp,” on page 102.
Resume the Upload of a vApp Template
If the upload process is interrupted, paused, or cancelled you can resume it.
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You are at least a catalog creator.
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If you log out of vCloud Director and log in, transfer history is lost. You cannot resume the upload.
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The default timeout for pending transfer sessions is one hour. You can configure this value up to one hour.
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During pending or stopped transfers, the session keep alive heartbeat kicks in every 15 minutes. To ensure
that the session does not time out while tasks are paused, make sure the session timeout value is more
than 15 minutes.
Prerequisites
You have initiated the upload or download of a vApp template.
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