An OVF section is an XML fragment that contains data for a specific functionality or aspect, such as resource settings, startup and shutdown sequence, or operating system type. The following is the general format of an OVF section:

Because vCloud Director does not currently support all of the OVF sections that vSphere does, the following sections of the vSphere vApp OVF representation are not visible to vCloud Director:

vCloud Director and vSphere support all other OVF sections. When vCloud Director ignores a section, vSphere may interpret the contents differently than if it was a native vSphere vApp. This can result in differences in behavior when operating the imported vApp in a virtual datacenter. vCloud Director removes the ignored OVF sections during a vApp download.