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3 Select the source from which to upload the OVF package and click Next.
Option Action
URL
Type the URL of the OVF package to use.
Local file
Click Browse and navigate to the OVF package to use.
4 Review the details of the uploaded OVF and click Next.
5 Type a name and optional description for the vApp.
6 Select a virtual datacenter on which to store and run the vApp from the drop-down menu and click
Next.
7 Select a storage policy for the vApp's virtual machines from the drop-down menu and click Next.
8 Select the network for the virtual machines to connect to from each virtual machine's drop-down menu
and click Next.
9 Review the hardware settings for the virtual machines in the vApp and optionally change those
configurations.
If you change the hard disk size, you might need to configure the guest operating system after you
power on the virtual machine. You can only increase hard disk size, but not decrease it.
10 Click Next.
11 Review the vApp's configuration and click Finish.
About the vApp Placement Engine
The vCloud Director placement engine determines what resources, including resource pools, datastores, and
networks or network pools, on which to place the virtual machines in a vApp. The placement decision is
made independently for each virtual machine in a vApp based on the requirements of that virtual machine.
The placement engine runs in the following scenarios.
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When you create a vApp, the placement engine determines what resource pool, datastore, and network
pool on which to place the vApp's virtual machines.
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When you start a vApp, the placement engine might selectively move the vApp's virtual machines to
another resource pool, datastore, or network pool if the current resource pool, datastore, or network
pool lacks sufficient resources for the vApp to power on.
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When you change the storage policy of a virtual machine, the placement engine moves the virtual
machine to a datastore and resource pool that support the new storage policy.
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When virtual machines are migrated to different resource pools.
The placement engine uses the following criteria to select candidate resource pools for a virtual machine.
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CPU capacity
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Memory capacity
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Number of virtual CPUs
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Hardware version supported by the host
The placement engine filters out disabled resource pools from the candidate list so that no virtual machine is
created on a disabled resource pool. When possible, the placement engine places virtual machines on the
same hub as other virtual machines in the organization virtual datacenter.
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