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6 (Optional)Editthenameandselectadatacenter.
Adefaultnamemightbeprovided.Youcanoptionallyeditthename.Thename
canbeupto80characterslongandcancontainalphanumericcharactersandthe
underscore(_)andhyphen(‐)characters.Itshouldalsobeuniquewithin
the
virtualmachinefolder.
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Namesarecase‐sensitive.
7ClickNext.
8OntheHost/Cluster/ResourcePoolpage,selectthehost,cluster,orresourcepool
(ifapplicable)inwhichyouwanttorunthevirtualmachineandclickNext.
9Ifyouselectedaclusteroraresourcepoolonthepreviouspage,andDRSis
disabled
orisinmanualmode,theSpecificHostpageappears.Selectthehoston
whichyouwanttorunthisvirtualmachine,andclickNext.
10 Chooseadatastoreforthevirtualmachine,andclickNext.
Thevirtualmachineconfigurationfileandvirtualdiskfilesarestoredonthe
datastore.Choose
adatastorelargeenoughtoaccommodatethevirtualmachine
andallofitsvirtualdiskfiles.
11 Ifyourinfrastructurecontainsmultiplenetworks,mapeachnetworkspecifiedin
theOVFfiletoanetworkinyourinfrastructure.
12 ClickNext.
13 ReviewyoursettingsandclickFinish.
Theprogressoftheimporttask
isdisplayedintheVIClientStatuspanel.
Exporting a Virtual Machine
YoucanexportavirtualmachinetoOVFformattomakeitavailabletootherusersto
importintotheirinventory.
To export a virtual machine
1IntheVIClientinventory,selectthevirtualmachineyouwanttoexport.
2 ChooseFile>VirtualAppliance>Export.
3TheExportVMdialogboxisdisplayed.
4Enteranamefor
theexportedappliance.
5EnterthelocationwhereyouwanttostoretheexportedapplianceintheDirectory
textbox,orbrowsetothelocation.