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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="ovf-export-appliance">
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| 4 | <title>Exporting an Appliance in OVF Format</title>
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>The following steps show how to export an appliance in OVF format. </p>
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| 8 | <ol>
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| 9 | <li>
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| 10 | <p>Select <b outputclass="bold">File</b>, <b outputclass="bold"> Export Appliance</b> to display the <b
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| 11 | outputclass="bold">Export Virtual Appliance</b> wizard. </p>
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| 12 | <p>On the initial <b outputclass="bold">Virtual Machines</b> page, you can combine several VMs into an OVF
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| 13 | appliance. </p>
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| 14 | <p>Select one or more VMs to export, and click <b outputclass="bold">Next</b>. </p>
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| 15 | </li>
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| 16 | <li>
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| 17 | <p>The <b outputclass="bold">Format Settings</b> page enables you to configure the following settings: </p>
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| 18 | <ul>
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| 19 | <li>
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| 20 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Format:</b> Selects the
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| 21 | <b outputclass="bold">Open Virtualization
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| 22 | Format</b> value for the output files.
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| 23 | </p>
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| 24 | <p>The <b outputclass="bold"><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/></b> value exports the appliance to
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| 25 | <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/>. See <xref href="cloud-export-oci.dita#cloud-export-oci"/>. </p>
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| 26 | </li>
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| 27 | <li>
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| 28 | <p><b outputclass="bold">File:</b> Selects the
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| 29 | location in which to store the exported files.
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| 30 | </p>
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| 31 | </li>
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| 32 | <li>
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| 33 | <p><b outputclass="bold">MAC Address Policy:</b>
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| 34 | Specifies whether to retain or reassign network card MAC
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| 35 | addresses on export.
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| 36 | </p>
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| 37 | </li>
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| 38 | <li>
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| 39 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Write Manifest File:</b>
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| 40 | Enables you to include a manifest file in the exported
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| 41 | archive file.
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| 42 | </p>
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| 43 | </li>
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| 44 | <li>
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| 45 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Include ISO Image
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| 46 | Files:</b> Enables you to include ISO image files
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| 47 | in the exported archive file.
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| 48 | </p>
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| 49 | </li>
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| 50 | </ul>
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| 51 | </li>
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| 52 | <li>
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| 53 | <p>
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| 54 | Click <b outputclass="bold">Next</b> to show the
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| 55 | <b outputclass="bold">Appliance Settings</b> page.
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| 56 | </p>
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| 57 | <p>
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| 58 | You can edit settings for the virtual appliance. For
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| 59 | example, you can change the name of the virtual appliance or
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| 60 | add product information, such as vendor details or license
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| 61 | text.
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| 62 | </p>
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| 63 | <p>
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| 64 | Double-click the appropriate field to change its value.
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| 65 | </p>
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| 66 | </li>
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| 67 | <li>
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| 68 | <p>
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| 69 | Click <b outputclass="bold">Finish</b> to begin the
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| 70 | export process. Note that this operation might take several
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| 71 | minutes.
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| 72 | </p>
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| 73 | </li>
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| 74 | </ol>
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| 75 | <p>
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| 76 | You can use the <userinput>VBoxManage export</userinput> command to export an appliance. See
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| 77 | <xref href="vboxmanage-export.dita"/>.
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| 78 | </p>
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| 79 | </body>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | </topic>
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