Capturing and Importing vApps

You can capture a vApp to create a vApp template from it. If you are a system administrator, you can also import vApps and vApp templates from vSphere.

As an administrator, catalog author, or vApp author, you can capture an undeployed vApp to create a vApp template in a catalog. Instantiating this template recreates the vApp from which the template was captured. Capturing a vApp in this way provides a way to save the results of composing, recomposing, or modifying a vApp after the vApp is undeployed. In addition, capturing a vApp preserves all vApp reconfiguration in template form. Although most elements of a vApp template are read-only, you can instantiate a template, modify the resulting vApp, and capture it to create a modified version of the template. See Capture a vApp as a Template

Importing vApps or vApp Templates from vSphere

A system administrator can import vApps and vApp templates from vSphere. See Import a Virtual Machine from vCenter.