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title: "How Do I Upload My ESX Images?"
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# How Do I Upload My ESX Images?

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](https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc/GUID-AE61948B-C2EE-436E-BAFB-3C7209088552.html).

For more information about importing an ESX virtual machine from an OVA file, read our [Importing an ESX Virtual Machine From an OVA](/v1/docs/importing-an-esx-virtual-machine-from-an-ova-1).

A virtual machine is the virtualization or emulation of a computer system. Virtual machines are based on computer architectures and provide the functionality of a physical computer.

OVA is a single file distribution of the OVF file package

OVF: Open Virtualization Format is an open standard for packaging and distributing virtual appliances or, more generally, software to be run in virtual machines.

ESX hardware virtualization platform that enables the use of virtual machines.