Mastering PowerCLI

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:

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