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Clone a vApp to a Template in Content Library
You can clone existing vApps to vApp templates in a content library. You can use the vApp templates
later to provision new vApps on a cluster or a host in your vSphere inventory. The vApp is exported
to a content library in the OVF format.
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Clone a Virtual Machine or a VM Template to a Template in a Content Library
You can clone virtual machines or VM templates from your vCenter Server inventory to templates in
the content library and use them later to provision virtual machines on a cluster or a host. You can
also clone a virtual machine or VM template to update an existing template in the library.
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Clone Library Items from One Library to Another Library
You can clone a template from one content library to another in the same vCenter Server instance.
The cloned template is an exact copy of the original template.
Importing Items to a Content Library
You can import items such as VM templates and vApps to a content library from your local machine or
from a Web server, and use them to create virtual machines and vApps. You can also import ISO images,
certificates, and other files, which you want to keep in the library and share with other users across
multiple vCenter Server systems.
Import Items to a Library from a URL
You can add an item that resides on a Web server to a content library.
Prerequisites
Required privilege: Content library.Add library item and Content library.Update files on the library.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client navigator, select vCenter Inventory Lists > Content Libraries.
2 Right-click a content library and select Import Item.
The Import Library Item dialog box opens.
3 Under Source section, select the option to import an item from a URL, and enter the path to a Web-
server where the item is.
4 Under Destination section, enter a name and a description for the item, and click OK.
In the Recent Tasks pane you see two tasks, one about creating a new item in the library, and the second
about uploading the contents of the item to the library. After the task is complete, the item appears on tab
Templates or on tab Other Types.
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