Create a Template in a Catalog

Templates are the folders within catalogs in VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension.

For every OVA file that you upload, VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension creates a folder with the OVA filename and extracts the OVF, MF, and VMDK files to the folder.

You can also manually create a template within a catalog and upload OVF and VMDK files to that folder.

Prerequisites

Verify that you have the required set of rights to create a template in a catalog.

• If you are an organization administrator, you can create templates in all catalogs that users in your organization own.
• If you are an organization user, you can create templates in catalogs that you own.

Procedure

1. Log in to the VMware Cloud Director tenant portal.
2. In the primary left navigation panel, under More, select Object Storage.
3. In the Catalogs pane, click the name of the catalog in which you want to create a template.
4. Click Create Template, enter a name for the template, and confirm the creation.