November 2019
Beginner
768 pages
32h 29m
English
Virtual machines can be exported in OVF and OVA formats and deployed in the same or different environments. OVA and OVF are compressed file packages that enable faster deployment and may contain more than one VM. From vSphere 6.5, the installation of the CIP is no longer required to import and export OVF or OVA templates.
The procedure to deploy a VM from an OVF or OVA file is similar to deployment from a template: