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2 Click Unrecognized OVF Sections in the Deployment section.
3 Click OK.
Configure vApp IP Allocation Policy
If your vApp is set up to allow it, and if you have the required privileges, you can edit how IP addresses
are allocated for the vApp.
By default, you cannot edit the IP application policy in the Deployment section when you create a vApp in
the vSphere Web Client. Change the IP allocation scheme to the protocol of your choice before you
configure the IP allocation policy. If deployed an OVF template to create the vApp, IP allocation policy
might be editable.
Prerequisites
Required privilege: vApp.vApp instance configuration
Procedure
1 Right-click a vApp in the inventory and click Edit Settings.
2 Select an IP allocation scheme.
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In the vSphere Client, click the IP Allocation tab of the Edit vApp wizard.
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In the vSphere Web Client, expand IP allocation under Deployment.
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.
3 Click OK.
Configure vApp Startup and Shutdown Options
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.
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