Managing vApps

So far, we have worked with creating and managing the different aspects of a virtual machine. In this section, I am going to discuss how to manage vApps in a vSphere environment and also import or export OVF or OVA VMs.

We can use the Get-OvfConfiguration cmdlet to get and control the required parameters of an OVF or OVA template.

First, let's check the Get-OvfConfiguration cmdlet to get the configuration of an OVF template:

In Chapter 9, Managing the vSphere API, we will discuss how to modify these parameters in order to supply the values from the command line.

We can use the Import-VApp cmdlet to import an existing vApp:

In the preceding example, we imported the existing OVA template into an ESXi host, ESXi1.lab.com.

Next, we will discuss how to manage vApps in a vSphere environment. We can use the following cmdlets to manage vApps:

• Export-VApp

• Get-VApp

• Import-VApp

• Move-VApp

• New-VApp

• Remove-VApp

• Set-VApp

• Start-VApp

• Stop-VApp

First, let's get a list of all the existing...