You can export vApps to VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension directly from VMware Cloud Director using the VMware Cloud Director tenant portal.

Prerequisites

  • Verify that you have the required set of rights to export vApps.
    • If you are an organization administrator, you have all required VMware Cloud Director rights to manage vApps.
    • If you are an organization user, verify that you have the vApp: View VM Metrics and vApp: Download rights assigned to your user account in VMware Cloud Director.
  • Verify that the vApp you want to export is powered off.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the VMware Cloud Director tenant portal.
  2. Navigate to Applications > Virtual Applications.
  3. From the Actions drop-down menu of the vApp that you want to export, select Export to Object Storage and click Export.

Results

After you export the vApp, you can find a folder with the same name as the exported vApp in VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension. All exported vApps are listed inside that folder with a timestamp.