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This information describes how administrators and end users can use Cisco UCS Director to configure appliance storage, upload Open Virtualization Format (OVF) files, and deploy those files to a group or customer organization. Group administrators and end users can only deploy OVF files from their respective groups.
The administrator, group-administrator, or end user can upload Open Virtualization Format (OVF) files (in both zip and jar formats) to a previously configured storage location where they are deployed.
The overall process is as follows:
Note | By default the appliance storage location is configured to the local storage location (/opt/infra/uploads/external/public/*). |
Administrators and end users can upload OVF files.
Uploaded files can be stored locally on the Cisco UCS Director appliance.
Note | Group administrators and end users are the only types with privileges to upload and deploy OVF files. |
Ensure that you have the proper access rights.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||
Step 2 | Click the User OVF Management tab. | ||||||||||||
Step 3 | Click Upload File. | ||||||||||||
Step 4 | In the
Upload
File dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 5 | Click Submit. | ||||||||||||
Step 6 | When the Submit Result - Upload Successfully dialog box appears, click OK. The uploaded file is listed in the User OVF Management table. |
Deploy the OVF file.
If you are an administrator, you have the authority to deploy OVF files to a group by selecting the group's Virtual Data Center (vDC). Once an OVF file is deployed to a vDC, the files are automatically unzipped and a VM is deployed on a VMware cloud that is associated to the vDC.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | Click the User OVF Management tab. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Choose an OVF file from the table. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click Deploy OVF. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 5 | In the
Deploy
OVF window, complete the following fields:
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Step 6 | Click
Submit.
After an OVF file deploys, a service request is created that displays the status of the deployed OVF. For more information, refer to the Viewing Service Requests topic. |
If you are an administrator, you can delete files located in the storage area.
You must obtain the proper authorization to delete files from the Cisco UCS Director appliance. Service end users and group administrators are authorized to delete OVF files.
The current OVF file upload limitations are as follows:
Provisioning a VM from an OVF file with multiple NICs is not supported. The VM is provisioned by taking a primary vNIC only into consideration.
Custom resize (CPU, memory and disk) is not possible for VMs provisioned from an OVF file.
Multi-disk provisioning is not supported for VM that are provisioning from an OVF VM.