If you have system administrator rights, you can import vCenter Server VMs to VMware Cloud Director as vApp templates in catalogs.
Starting with 10.4.2, importing a VM containing a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) device as a vApp template creates a template that copies the TPM device during instantiation.
Prerequisites
- To see and import VMs from vCenter Server as vApp templates, verify that you have system administrator rights.
- 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.