Upload an OVF or an OVA Package from a URL to a Library Item

You can upload an OVF or an OVA package from a Web server to a library item.

Note: If you try to upload a signed OVF package and it returns preview warnings, you must ignore the preview warnings to complete the upload.

Prerequisites

• Create a new local content library or retrieve the desired existing content library.
• Required privileges: Content library.Add library item and Content library.Update files on the library.

Procedure

1. Create an empty library item.
2. Create an update session object.
3. Create an LibraryItemUpdatesessionFileAddSpec data structure to describe the properties and the upload location of the OVF descriptor file or of the OVA package file.
4. Link the LibraryItemUpdatesessionFileAddSpec data structure to the update session.
   All files that are included in the OVF package are automatically uploaded.
5. Complete the asynchronous transfer.