Deploy a Virtual Machine to Static DVS Port Group

At this time, you can not use the OVF Tool to deploy a virtual machine to a static port group.

To work around this issue:

Procedure

1. Use vCenter Server to create an ephemeral port on the desired network.
2. Deploy the appliance to that port group on an ESXi host.
3. Switch the appliance over to that static port group.
4. Use vCenter Server to delete the ephemeral port group.