VirtualApp and OvfManager Methods

The following table describes the methods used by the
VirtualApp
and the
OvfManager
API:
Method
Description
CreateDescriptor
Creates an OVF descriptor for the specified
ManagedEntity
, which may be a
VirtualMachine
or a
VirtualApp
.
CreateDescriptor
is a method in the
OvfManager
managed object.
ExportVApp
Obtains an export lease on the virtual application. The export lease contains a list of URLs for the disks of the virtual machines in this virtual application.
ExportVApp
is a method in the
VirtualApp
managed object.
getDeviceUrl
Retrieves the device IDs and URLs from the server.
getDeviceUrl
is an accessor method provided in the generated JAX-WS bindings. It does not appear in the class diagram in VirtualApp Data Structures.
The next two sections deal with the
VirtualApp
and
OvfManager
data structures.