You can import a virtual machine (VM) from a vCenter Server instance to an existing vApp.
Starting with VMware Cloud Director 10.4.2, you can import VMs with Trusted Platform Module (TPM) devices. Importing a VM containing a TPM device as a vApp preserves the TPM device for the copy
and move
operations. For more information on VMs with TPM devices, see Working with Virtual Machines.
Prerequisites
- Verify that you are logged in as a system administrator.
- For VMware Cloud Director 10.4.2 and later, if you want work with VMs with TPM devices, verify that the following criteria are met.
- A VDC that supports TPM backs the VM.
- For operations across vCenter Server instances, verify that the key provider used to encrypt each VM is registered on the target vCenter Server instance under the same name.
- For operations across vCenter Server instances, verify that the VM and the target vCenter Server instance are on the same shared storage or that fast cross vCenter Server vApp instantiation is enabled. See the fast cross vCenter Server vApp instantiation information in the VMware Cloud Director 10.4 Release Notes.