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A user with privileges to work To manage specs, in the Apps library view and to manage specs can use libriary go to the Virtual appliance specs tab. Click on a spec to display a details panel

To display details of a VApp spec, click on the VApp Spec icon. To display the details of a spec and its versions, on the VApp spec's icon Versions, click the option options button on the icon and select Versions. The Manage spec versions dialog will open. Click on a version Version to display its details.

Screenshot: virtual Virtual appliance specs tab and details Details panel

Screenshot: virtual Virtual appliance spec version dialog

Edit a virtual appliance spec

When you edit a virtual appliance spec in the Apps library, you can change the name Name, description Description and icon Icon.

Share virtual appliance specs with other tenants

A new VApp spec is always available to the enterprise that created it and to users of any other tenants in its scopes.

To define the tenants who can work with the spec, edit the spec 's scopes. Edit the spec and open and go to the Scopes tab. Assign your own scope and/or child scope(s) beneath your scope in the hierarchy.

Define the locations where users can work with a spec

To define where a spec can be used, select allowed locations. Users of enterprises that are allowed to access a location can work with the specs allowed in the location.

To manage allowed locations:

1. Go to Apps library → Virtual appliance specs
2. Select the spec, click the options Options button, and select edit Edit
3. Go to Locations → select locations
   1. If the spec should be available in all current and future locations, select Use all locations.
   2. To restrict the spec to a group of current locations:
      1. deselect Clear the Use all locations checkbox
      2. select Select the locations Locations where the spec will be available for use

When designing a virtual appliance for use in more than one location, please consider the following:

• Support for multiple disks in the provider
• Public networks in private cloud will be translated to floating IPs in public cloud and vice versa
• A range of IP addresses may be reserved by an SDN system or cloud provider
• The number of NICs allowed or required per VM may vary

Define the version of a spec to use

Delete virtual appliance specs

You can delete spec versions or the entire spec. When you delete a virtual appliance spec, the platform will also delete all its versions, even shared versions. When you delete an enterprise, the platform will delete all its specs, even shared specs and shared versions.