Creating an OVA Template
Perform the steps to create an Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) template:
Log in to the VMware Client console.
Navigate to Inventories > VMs and Templates.
From the left navigation pane, select the required project.
Right-click the project name and select Deploy OVF Template….The Deploy OVF Template screen appears.
From Select an OVF template, select the preferred method to upload the .ova file.The .ova file can be accessed using the URL or by uploading a local file.
Click Next.
From Select a name and folder, enter the name of the virtual machine in the Virtual machine name field and select the location for virtual machine. Click Next.
From Select a destination compute resource, select the required compute resource. Click Next.
From Review details, verify the publisher, download size, and size on disk. Click Next.
From Select storage, select the required disk formats, VM Storage Policy, Show datastores from Storage DRS clusters, and datastore to store the deployed OVF or OVA template.
Click Next.
From Select network, select the required network. Click Next.
From Ready to complete, verify the details and click Finish.
This may take sometime to successfully complete the creation of virtual machine. Ensure to proceed only once the virtual machine is created successfully.
After the instance is successfully created, from the left navigation pane, select the virtual machine name.
Right-click the virtual machine name and select Convert to Template.A Confirm Convert dialog box appears.
Click Yes.
The OVA template is successfully created.
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