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Edit Application Properties and OVF Deployment Options for a Virtual Machine
If a virtual machine is a deployed OVF, you can view application properties and OVF Deployment options
that are defined in the OVF. Deployment options include unrecognized OVF section and the IP allocation
policy
Procedure
1 Right-click a virtual machine in the inventory and select Edit Settings.
2 Click the vApp Options tab.
3 If the OVF template included editable application properties, make changes if necessary.
4 If the OFV template includes information that vCenter Server cannot process, you can view that
information under Unrecognized OVF Sections.
5 If the OVF template included editable IP allocation options, make changes if necessary.
Option Description
Static - Manual
IP addresses are manually configured. No automatic allocation is
performed.
Transient - IP Pool
IP addresses are automatically allocated using IP pools from a specified
range when the vApp is powered on. The IP addresses are released when
the appliance is powered off.
DHCP
A DHCP server is used to allocate the IP addresses. The addresses
assigned by the DHCP server are visible in the OVF environments of
virtual machines started in the vApp.
Static - IP Pool
IP addresses are automatically allocated from the managed IP network
range of vCenter Server at power-on, and remain allocated at power-off.
Static - IP Pool and Transient - IP Pool have in common that IP allocation is done through the range
managed by the vSphere platform as specified by the IP pool range in a network protocol profile. The
difference is that for a static IP Pool, the IP addresses are allocated at first power-on and remain
allocated, while for a transient IP Pool, the IP addresses are allocated when needed, typically at power-
on, but released during power-off.
Edit OVF Authoring Options for a Virtual Machine
You can use the OVF Authoring options that are included in a virtual machine's vApp options to specify
custom information that is included when you export the virtual machine as an OVF template.
vApp properties are a central concept of vApp deployment and self configuration; they can turn a general
OVF package into a running vApp instance with a custom configuration.
The set of properties associated to a running vApp is determined by the OVF package from which the vApp
was deployed.
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When an OVF package is created the author adds the set of properties necessary for the vApp to
function in an unknown environment. This could for instance be properties containing network
configuration, a property containing the email address of the system administrator or a property
containing the number of expected users of the vApp.
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Some property values are entered by the user when the vApp is deployed, while other property values
are configured by vCenter Server when the vApp is powered on. How this is handled depends on the
property type and vCenter Server configuration.
When vCenter Server powers on a vApp, it creates an XML document that contains all properties and their
values. This document is made available to each virtual machine in the vApp, and allows the virtual
machines to apply the properties to their own environment.
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