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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="cloud-export-oci">
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| 4 | <title>Exporting an Appliance to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure</title>
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>
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| 8 | Oracle VM VirtualBox supports the export of VMs to an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure service.
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| 9 | The exported VM is stored on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as a custom Linux image. You
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| 10 | can configure whether a cloud instance is created and started
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| 11 | after the export process has completed.
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| 12 | </p>
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| 13 | <note>
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| 14 | <p>
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| 15 | Before you export a VM to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, you must prepare the VM as
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| 16 | described in <xref href="cloud-export-oci-prepare-vm.dita#cloud-export-oci-prepare-vm"/>.
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| 17 | </p>
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| 18 | </note>
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| 19 | <p>
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| 20 | Use the following steps to export a VM to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure:
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| 21 | </p>
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| 22 | <ol>
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| 23 | <li>
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| 24 | <p>
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| 25 | Select <b outputclass="bold">File</b>,
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| 26 | <b outputclass="bold">Export Appliance</b> to open
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| 27 | the <b outputclass="bold">Export Virtual
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| 28 | Appliance</b> wizard.
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| 29 | </p>
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| 30 | <p>
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| 31 | Select a VM to export and click
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| 32 | <b outputclass="bold">Next</b> to display the
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| 33 | <b outputclass="bold">Format Settings</b> page.
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| 34 | </p>
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| 35 | </li>
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| 36 | <li>
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| 37 | <p>
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| 38 | From the <b outputclass="bold">Format</b> drop-down
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| 39 | list, select <b outputclass="bold">Oracle Cloud Infrastructure</b>.
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| 40 | </p>
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| 41 | <p>
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| 42 | In the <b outputclass="bold">Profile</b> drop-down
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| 43 | list, select the cloud profile used for your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure account.
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| 44 | </p>
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| 45 | <fig id="fig-export-appliance-oci">
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| 46 | <title>Export Virtual Appliance Wizard: Format Settings</title>
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| 47 | <image href="images/export-appliance-oci.png" width="12cm" placement="break"/>
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| 48 | </fig>
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| 49 | <p>
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| 50 | In the <b outputclass="bold">Machine Creation</b>
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| 51 | field, select an option to configure settings for the cloud
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| 52 | instance created when you export to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The options
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| 53 | enable you to do one of the following:
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| 54 | </p>
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| 55 | <ul>
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| 56 | <li>
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| 57 | <p>
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| 58 | Configure settings for the cloud instance
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| 59 | <i>after</i> you have finished exporting
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| 60 | the VM.
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| 61 | </p>
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| 62 | </li>
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| 63 | <li>
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| 64 | <p>
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| 65 | Configure settings for the cloud instance
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| 66 | <i>before</i> you start to export the VM.
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| 67 | </p>
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| 68 | </li>
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| 69 | <li>
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| 70 | <p>
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| 71 | Do not create a cloud instance when you export the VM.
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| 72 | </p>
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| 73 | </li>
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| 74 | </ul>
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| 75 | <p>
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| 76 | Click <b outputclass="bold">Next</b> to make an API
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| 77 | request to the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure service and open the
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| 78 | <b outputclass="bold">Appliance Settings</b> page.
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| 79 | </p>
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| 80 | </li>
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| 81 | <li>
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| 82 | <p>
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| 83 | (Optional) Edit storage settings used for the exported
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| 84 | virtual machine in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. You can change the following
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| 85 | settings:
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| 86 | </p>
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| 87 | <ul>
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| 88 | <li>
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| 89 | <p>
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| 90 | The name of the bucket used to store the exported files.
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| 91 | </p>
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| 92 | </li>
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| 93 | <li>
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| 94 | <p>
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| 95 | Whether to store the custom image in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
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| 96 | </p>
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| 97 | </li>
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| 98 | <li>
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| 99 | <p>
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| 100 | The display name for the custom image in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
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| 101 | </p>
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| 102 | </li>
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| 103 | <li>
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| 104 | <p>
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| 105 | The launch mode for the custom image.
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| 106 | </p>
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| 107 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Paravirtualized</b> mode
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| 108 | gives improved performance and should be suitable for
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| 109 | most Oracle VM VirtualBox VMs.
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| 110 | </p>
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| 111 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Emulated</b> mode is
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| 112 | suitable for legacy OS images.
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| 113 | </p>
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| 114 | </li>
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| 115 | </ul>
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| 116 | <p>
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| 117 | Click <b outputclass="bold">Finish</b> to continue.
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| 118 | </p>
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| 119 | </li>
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| 120 | <li>
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| 121 | <p>
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| 122 | (Optional) Depending on the selection in the
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| 123 | <b outputclass="bold">Machine Creation</b> field, the
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| 124 | <b outputclass="bold">Appliance Settings</b> page may
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| 125 | be displayed before or after export. This screen enables you
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| 126 | to configure settings for the cloud instance, such as Shape
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| 127 | and Disk Size.
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| 128 | </p>
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| 129 | <p>
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| 130 | Click <b outputclass="bold">Finish</b>. The VM is
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| 131 | exported to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
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| 132 | </p>
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| 133 | <p>
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| 134 | Depending on the <b outputclass="bold">Machine
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| 135 | Creation</b> setting, a cloud instance may be started
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| 136 | after upload to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is completed.
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| 137 | </p>
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| 138 | </li>
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| 139 | <li>
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| 140 | <p>
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| 141 | Monitor the export process by using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console.
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| 142 | </p>
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| 143 | </li>
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| 144 | </ol>
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| 145 | <p>
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| 146 | You can also use the <userinput>VBoxManage export</userinput>
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| 147 | command to export a VM to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. See
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| 148 | <xref href="man_VBoxManage-export.dita"/>.
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| 149 | </p>
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| 150 | </body>
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| 151 | </topic>
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