Ovf APIs
The vcenter ovf package provides services to capture and deploy Open Virtualization Format (OVF) packages to and from the content library. It provides the ability to deploy OVF packages from the content library with support for advanced network topologies, network services, creating virtual appliances and virtual machines in hosts, resource pools or clusters. It also provides the ability to export virtual appliances and virtual machines from hosts, resource pools or clusters as OVF packages to the content library.
The ExportFlag service provides operations for retrieving information about the export flags supported by the server. Export flags can be specified in a LibraryItem.CreateSpec to customize an OVF export.
The ImportFlag service provides operations for retrieving information about the import flags supported by the deployment platform. Import flags can be specified in a LibraryItem.ResourcePoolDeploymentSpec to customize an OVF deployment.
The LibraryItem service provides operations to identify virtual machines managed by Content Library.