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Export a vSphere Lifecycle Manager Image

If you created a vSphere Lifecycle Manager image in an external vCenter Server, you export the image from vCenter Server to your local computer.
Create a vSphere Lifecycle Manager image in the vSphere Client. For more information, see Create a vSphere Lifecycle Manager Image.
The following files need to be exported from vCenter Server.
Format
Content
JSON
Image specification
JSON
Cluster specification
ISO
ESXi image (optional)
You can use the ISO file for imaging additional hosts that you bring into
VMware Cloud Foundation
.
ZIP
Image components
  1. Log in to the vSphere Client of the vCenter Server where you created the vSphere Lifecycle Manager image.
  2. Export the image specification JSON, ISO, and ZIP files from vSphere to your local computer.
    1. In the vSphere Client, click
      Host and Clusters
      .
    2. In the navigation pane, expand
      vCenter
      Datacenter
       and select the vSphere Lifecycle Manager image you want to export.
    3. On the Updates tab, click
      Hosts
      Image
      .
    4. Click the horizontal ellipsis icon and select
      Export
      .
    5. Click
      JSON
       and then click
      Export
      .
      This downloads the image specification JSON file.
    6. Repeat steps c and d for the ISO and ZIP file formats.
      You can use the ISO file for imaging additional hosts that you bring into
      VMware Cloud Foundation
      . Exporting this file is optional.
      Do not rename these files.
  3. Retrieve the vSphere cluster ID using vSphere APIs.
    1. Click
      Menu
      Developer Center.
      .
    2. Click the
      API Explorer
       tab.
    3. Ensure that
      Select Endpoint
       has the local vCenter Server selected and
      Select API
       is set to vcenter.
    4. Expand the
      cluster
       section.
    5. Expand
      GET /api/vcenter/cluster
       and click
      Execute
      .
    6. Under Response, expand
      VcenterClusterSummary (...)
       for the cluster where you created the image and copy the
      cluster
       value.
  4. Retrieve the cluster JSON specification and download to the local computer using vSphere APIs.
    1. In the
      API Explorer
       tab of the vCenter Server, ensure that
      Select Endpoint
       has the local vCenter Server selected and
      Select API
       is set to esx.
    2. Expand the
      settings/clusters/software
       section.
    3. Expand
      GET /api/esx/settings/clusters/{cluster}/software
      .
    4. In the cluster parameter area, paste the
      cluster
       value you had retrieved in step 3 and click
      Execute
      .
    5. Under Response next to EsxSettingsSoftwareInfo, click the download arrow to download the JSON specification.

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