Lab Builders may choose to develop Virtual Machines (VMs) outside of Skillable Studio. Virtual machine profiles can be created by importing an OVA file into a lab profile. An OVA file is created from exporting an ESX VM from outside of Skillable Studio.
An OVA file is a package that contains files used to describe a VM, which includes a .OVF descriptor file, optional manifest (.MF), certificate files, and other related files. To learn more about OVA file format, please read ESX OVA file format and template documentation.
For more information about importing an ESX virtual machine from an OVA file, read our Importing an ESX Virtual Machine From an OVA.