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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 one or more VMs to 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>.</p>
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| 11 | <p>On the initial <b outputclass="bold">Virtual machines</b> page, you can combine several VMs into an OVF appliance.</p>
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| 12 | <p>Select one or more VMs to export, and click <b outputclass="bold">Next</b>.</p>
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| 13 | </li>
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| 14 | <li>
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| 15 | <p>The <b outputclass="bold">Format Settings</b> page enables you to configure the following settings:</p>
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| 16 | <ul>
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| 17 | <li>
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| 18 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Format:</b> Selects the <b outputclass="bold">Open Virtualization Format</b> value for the output files.</p>
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| 19 | <p>The <b outputclass="bold"><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/></b> value exports the appliance to <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/>. See <xref href="cloud-export-oci.dita#cloud-export-oci"/>.</p>
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| 20 | </li>
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| 21 | <li>
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| 22 | <p><b outputclass="bold">File:</b> Selects the location in which to store the exported files.</p>
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| 23 | </li>
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| 24 | <li>
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| 25 | <p><b outputclass="bold">MAC Address Policy:</b> Specifies whether to retain or reassign network card MAC addresses on export.</p>
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| 26 | </li>
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| 27 | <li>
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| 28 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Write Manifest File:</b> Enables you to include a manifest file in the exported archive file.</p>
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| 29 | </li>
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| 30 | <li>
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| 31 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Include ISO Image Files:</b> Enables you to include ISO image files in the exported archive file.</p>
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| 32 | </li>
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| 33 | </ul>
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| 34 | </li>
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| 35 | <li>
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| 36 | <p>Click <b outputclass="bold">Next</b> to show the <b outputclass="bold">Appliance Settings</b> page.</p>
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| 37 | <p>You can edit settings for the virtual appliance. For example, you can change the name of the virtual appliance or add product information, such as vendor details or license text.</p>
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| 38 | <p>Double-click the appropriate field to change its value.</p>
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| 39 | </li>
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| 40 | <li>
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| 41 | <p>Click <b outputclass="bold">Finish</b> to begin the export process. Note that this operation might take several minutes.</p>
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| 42 | </li>
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| 43 | </ol>
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| 44 | <p>You can use the <userinput>VBoxManage export</userinput> command to export an appliance. See <xref href="../cli_topics/vboxmanage-export.dita"/>.</p>
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| 45 | </body>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | </topic>
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