You can copy a virtual machine to another vApp. When you copy a virtual machine, the original virtual machine remains in the source vApp.
When you copy a virtual machine, the snapshots are not included in the copy.
For more information on VMs with Trusted Platform Module (TPM) devices, see Working with Virtual Machines.
Prerequisites
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This operation requires the rights included in the predefined vApp Author role or an equivalent set of rights.
- If you want to copy a VM to a vApp in a different vCenter Server instance, power off the VM.
- 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.