6.5.1

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
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Navigate to an object that supports vApp creation and select the Create New vApp icon ( ).
2 Select Create a new vApp and click Next.
3 In the vApp Name text box, type a name for the vApp.
4 Select the location or resource and click Next.
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If you start the action from a folder or vApp, you are prompted for a host, cluster, or resource
pool.
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If you start the action from a resource pool, host, or cluster, you are prompted for a folder or data
center.
5 In the Deployment section, click CPU resources to allocate CPU resources to this vApp.
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.
Reservation Type Select the Expandable check box to make the reservation expandable. When the
vApp is powered on, if the combined reservations of its virtual machines are
larger than the reservation of the vApp, the vApp can use resources from its
parent or ancestors.
Limit Upper limit for this vApp's CPU allocation. Select Unlimited to specify no upper
limit.
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