A virtual machine is highly portable. This moved a notch higher with the coming together of key vendors in standardizing the virtual machine format. The standardization effort lead to Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) and the outcome of this is the Open Virtualization Format (OVF).
Exporting to an OVF template
How to do it...
In the following recipe, we will demonstrate exporting a Virtual Machine to OVF template for portability across a supported virtualization platform:
- Right-click on a VM and navigate to Template | Export to OVF Template...:
- Provide additional details required—Name, Annotation and leave the Advanced option unchecked:
- Confirm from the Recent Tasks pane that the task is completed.