Move VMs from vSphere to vCloud Director VDC on the same cluster

[aha_tom]

We want to migrate some our existing VMs from our vSphere into our internal vCloud. The vCloud is hosted on the same cluster as the vSphere. My question here is: do I need vCloud Connector to do the job?

I actually installed vCloud Connector and found it is kind unnecessary, unless I am doing something wrong here. The vCloud Connector allows to copy a vApp into VDC's catalog. So to use the VM, we actually have to deploy the vApp as a template, which can be achieved just through "Import from vSphere" option in VDC without all the hassle of vCloud Connector.

Am I doing anything wrong here?

[cfor]

As you are on the same vCenter the "Import" option sounds like the best way to go.  Connector is really made for moving between different sites.

Another option - but not as good when on the same vCenter, is to export OVF of the VM, and import that.  (But extra steps when on the same vCenter)