Using vApps to organize virtualized applications

vApps can be used to group individual virtual machines with interdependencies into a single application. A common use case for this would be a multitier web application that requires a web server frontend, an application server, and the supporting database server. The application can then be managed as a single inventory object.

How to do it…

The following steps are to be performed for using vApps to organize virtual machine workloads:

  1. Create a new vApp by launching the New vApp wizard as shown in the following screenshot:
    How to do it…
  2. The method for creating the vApp (either creating a new vApp or cloning an existing ...

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