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2 Open the settings of the vApp or the vApp Options tab of the virtual machine.
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Right-click a vApp and select Edit settings.
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Right-click a virtual machine, select Edit settings, and in the Edit Settings dialog box, click the
vApp Options tab.
3 Click Enable vApp options.
4 Under Authoring, expand IP allocation and set the IP allocation scheme to OVF environment.
5 Under Deployment, expand IP allocation and set IP allocation to Transient - IP Pool or Static - IP
Pool.
Both the Static - IP Pool and Transient - IP Pool options allocate an IP address from the range in the
network protocol profile that is associated with the port group. If you select Static - IP Pool, the IP
address is assigned the first time the virtual machine or vApp is powered on and the address persists
across restarts. If you select Transient - IP Pool, an IP address is assigned every time the virtual
machine or vApp is powered on.
6 Click OK.
When the virtual machine is powered on, the adapters connected to the port group receive IP addresses
from the range in the protocol profile. When the virtual machine is powered off, the IP addresses are
released.
Virtual Machine vApp Options
When you edit the settings for a virtual machine, you can enable vApp options. When vApp options are
enabled, you can configure OVF properties, use the OVF environment, and specify IP allocation and
product information for the virtual machine.
Enable Virtual Machine vApp Options
You can configure vApp options in a virtual machine. Those options are saved when you export the virtual
machine as an OVF template, and used when the OVF is deployed.
If you enable vApp options and export a virtual machine to OVF, the virtual machine receives an OVF
Environment XML descriptor at boot time. The OVF descriptor might include values for custom properties
including network configuration and IP addresses.
The OVF environment can be transported to the guest in two ways:
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As a CD-ROM that contains the XML document. The CD-ROM is mounted on the CD-ROM drive.
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Through VMware Tools. The guest OS environment variable guestinfo.ovfEnv contains the XML
document.
Procedure
1 Right-click a virtual machine in the inventory and select Edit Settings.
2 Click the vApp Options tab.
3 Select Enable vApp options.
4 Click OK.
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