A virtual machine's OVF settings does not list Opaque networks entries (Created by NSX-T) to allow you to customize the OVF environment.

Products

• VMware Cloud Director
• VMware NSX Networking
• VMware vCenter Server
• VMware Integrated OpenStack

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

 

Virtual Machime does not show details of Opaque Networks (Networks created by NSX-T) in OVF Extract string in MOB of VM.

 

Environment

VMware NSX-T

Cause

 

By default, all the VM instances deployed by VCD or VIO have “vAPP option” disabled.

 

Resolution

 

Currently, there is no resolution available.

 

Workaround:

 

To apply the workaround for this issue, you must enable vAPP option for each VM manually.

Enabling this option allows the virtual machine to receive an OVF Environment XML descriptor at boot time.


Login into vCenter Server UI and perform the following:

1    Right-click the virtual machine and select Edit Settings.
       
a    To locate a virtual machine, select a datacenter, folder, cluster, resource pool, host, or vApp.
b    Click the Related Objects tab and click Virtual Machines.

2    Click the vApp Options tab.

3    Select Enable vApp options to activate vApps functionality and to show the vApps options.

4    Click OK.