6.7

Create a vApp
A vApp allows you to perform resource management and certain other management activities such as
power operations for multiple virtual machines at the same time. You can think of the vApp as the
container for the virtual machines, and you can perform the operations on the container.
When you create a vApp, you can add it to a folder, standalone host, resource pool, cluster enabled for
DRS, or another vApp.
Prerequisites
Verify that one of those objects is available in your datacenter.
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A standalone host that is running ESX 4.0 or greater.
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A cluster that is enabled for DRS.
Procedure
1 Start the New vApp wizard.
Client Step
vSphere Client Right-click an object that supports vApp creation and click New vApp.
vSphere Web Client Right-click an object that supports vApp creation and click New vApp > New
vApp ( ).
2 On the Select creation type page, selectCreate a new vApp and click Next.
3 On the Select a name and location page, type a name for the vApp, select a location for the vApp,
and click Next.
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If you start the creation process from a folder or vApp, you are prompted for a host, cluster, or
resource pool.
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If you start the creation process from a resource pool, host, or cluster, you are prompted for a
folder or data center.
4 Allocate CPU resources to the vApp.
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In the vSphere Client, click the Resources tab and expand CPU.
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In the vSphere Web Client, expand CPU resources under Deployment.
Option Description
Shares CPU shares for this vApp with respect to the parent’s total. Sibling vApps share
resources according to their relative share values bounded by the reservation and
limit. Select Low, Normal, or High, which specify share values respectively in a
1:2:4 ratio. Select Custom to give each vApp a specific number of shares, which
express a proportional weight.
Reservation Guaranteed CPU allocation for this vApp.
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