Do I need to create different virtual appliance images for hypervisor-class and hosted-class deployments?
Not necessarily. If your virtual appliance only uses core functionality, then you can typically publish a single virtual appliance image and use platform portability tools (VMware vCenter Converter and VMware OVFTool) to satisfy the needs of various deployment scenarios. If you make use of extended features, you may wish to produce multiple editions of your virtual appliance (with and without extended features).
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- Do I need to create different virtual appliance images for hypervisor-class and hosted-class deployments?
