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2.
Ensure that you are in an inventory view that will allow you to create a vApp by selecting
Hosts And Clusters or VMs And Templates.
3.
Right-click an existing host, resource pool, or cluster and select New vApp. This launches
the New vApp Wizard.
Limitations on Creating New vApps
While you can create vApps inside other vApps, you can't create a vApp on a cluster that does not
have vSphere DRS enabled.
4.
If using the Web Client, you will be asked if you wish to create a new vApp or clone an
existing vApp. In this example, we are creating a new vApp, so choose that option and
click Next to continue.
5.
Supply a name for the new vApp.
If you are connected to vCenter Server, you must also select a location in the folder hier-
archy in which to store the vApp. (This is logical placement, not physical placement.)
6.
Click Next. This advances the New vApp Wizard to the Resource Allocation step. If you
need to adjust the resource allocation settings for the vApp, you may do so here.
By default, as shown in Figure 10.17, a new vApp is given normal priority, no reserva-
tion, and no limit on CPU or memory usage. It's important to note, however, that these
default settings might not i t into your overall resource allocation strategy. Be sure to
read Chapter 11, “Managing Resource Allocation,” for more information on the impact of
these settings on your vApp.
7.
Click Next to proceed to the i nal step in the New vApp Wizard. From here, review the
settings for the new vApp. If everything is correct, click Finish; otherwise, go back in the
wizard to change what needs to be changed.
After the vApp is created, you can proceed with adding VMs to the vApp. There are a few
different ways to add VMs to a vApp:
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You can clone an existing VM into a new VM inside the vApp. We described the process of
cloning a VM earlier in this chapter in the section “Cloning a Virtual Machine”; that same
procedure applies here.
You can deploy a new VM from a vCenter Server template and put the new VM into
the vApp.
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