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5 Configure vApp Startup and Shutdown Options on page 170
You can change the order in which virtual machines and nested vApps within a vApp start up and
shut down. You can also specify delays and actions performed at startup and shutdown.
6 Configure vApp Product Properties on page 171
You can configure product and vendor information for a vApp.
7 View vApp License Agreement on page 172
You can view the license agreement for the vApp that you are editing.
Procedure
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Navigate to a vApp and click Edit vApp Settings.
Expand the areas of the vApp configuration that you want to edit.
Area Description
Application Properties
Displays non-editable product informaion such as name, vendor, and
version, and allows specifying values for vApp custom properties.
Deployment
Allows you to specify CPU and memory resources and configure IP
allocation. The available allocation schemes and protocols depend on the
vApp configuration. You can modify the configuration in the Authoring
section.
Authoring
Allows you to specify the vApp product information and controls the
configurable options that are available in the Deployment and Application
Properties sections. You can modify the supported IP allocation schemes
and protocols, set the VM start order, and add or reconfigure custom
properties.
Configure vApp Properties
If you define a property in the Authoring section of the Edit vApp Settings dialog, you can assign a value to
that property when you edit the vApp settings the next time. If you deployed the vApp from an OVF, and
properties were predefined in that OVF, you might be able to edit those properties as well.
In the Application properties section you can view product information and assign values to custom
properties.
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View information that was specified in the Authoring section's Product field of the current vApp or in
the OVF package from which the vApp was deployed, you can view that information in the
Application properties section.
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Assign values to a custom property that was defined in the Authoring section's Properties field of the
current vApp or in an OVF from which the vApp was deployed, you can assign values to those
properties.
Section 9.5 of the OVF 1.1 specification explains which product metadata can be contained in an
OVF.vCenter Server supports those metadata.
Prerequisites
Required privilege: vApp.vApp application configuration on the vApp.
Procedure
1 Navigate to a vApp in the inventory and click Edit vApp Settings.
2 If application properties are predefined for your vApp, click the Application Properties triangle to
expand the vApp properties.
3 Edit the vApp properties.
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