As a tenant, to use a replication seed for configuring a replication, you must first export a virtual machine or a vApp to removable media then give it to your provider.
Prerequisites
- Verify that you have sufficient user privileges in the vSphere Client to power off a virtual machine.
- Verify that you have the VMware OVF Tool installed and configured.
Procedure
- By using the vSphere Client, power off the virtual machine or the vApp in the source site.
- Export a virtual machine from vCenter Server to removable media.
ovftool 'vi://root@VC_IP/Datacenter_Name/vm/VM_FQDN' VM_FQDN.ova
After the process finishes, you can power on the virtual machine.
- (Optional) Export a vApp from VMware Cloud Director to removable media.
ovftool 'vcloud://ORG_ADMIN@VCLOUD_DIRECTOR_IP:443?org=ORG_NAME&vdc=VDC_NAME&vapp=VAPP_NAME' VAPP_NAME.ova
- Give the removable media containing the exported files to your provider.