You can use VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension to store vApps that you do not currently use. This way, you can free storage space from VMware Cloud Director datastores. Later, you can restore the vApp back in the datastore and continue to use the same vApp in VMware Cloud Director .
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Capture vApps By capturing a vApp, you copy all data that the vApp consumes to VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension . By capturing a vApp, you create a backup copy of the data that the vApp contains. You can later restore the vApp back to its original location or download the vApp locally for archiving purposes.
Share a vApp You can share vApps that are stored in VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension with other users within your organization or publicly over the Internet.
Review Shared vApps As an organization user , you can review all vApps that other users shared with you. As an organization administrator , you can review all the vApps within your organization.
Download a vApp For archiving purposes, or to save storage space in VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension , you can download vApps locally as an OVA file.
Upload a vApp You can upload an archived vApp to VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension and later restore, and use the vApp in VMware Cloud Director .
Import a vApp You can import vApps from VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension directly to VMware Cloud Director using the VMware Cloud Director tenant portal .
Export a vApp You can export vApps to VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension directly from VMware Cloud Director using the VMware Cloud Director tenant portal .
Restore a vApp To use a vApp that you store in VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension , you restore the vApp back to a VMware Cloud Director virtual data center. You can restore one vApp at a time.
Delete vApps When you no longer need a vApp in VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension , you can delete it.