Hello and welcome to the forums.
We are looking into vSphere and I'm a little confused about creating vApps. I see that vApps can create one or more VMs that are related to that app, but it's not clear if all those VMs get logically combined into one object.
Yes, the vApp is an object that will appear in your Inventory listing. You can then expand it to see the virtual machines it contains.
For example say we have an app that has redundant web and app server VMs (DB is physical) and we want to make sure that the two web and two
app server VMs are on different ESX hosts via DRS affinity rules.
Is this still possible via a vApp or does the entire vApp run on a single server and having redundant servers inside the vApp doesn't make a lot of sense?
Yes, it is still possible. The virtual machines contained in the vApp can span multiple ESX hosts, have their own affinity rules, etc. Its another way to organize or manage a group of machines or a way to gain more flexibility, not take it away.
Good Luck!
Brian Atkinson | vExpert | VMTN Moderator | Author of "VCP5-DCV VMware Certified Professional-Data Center Virtualization on vSphere 5.5 Study Guide: VCP-550" | @vmroyale | http://vmroyale.com
