VMware Imaging Appliance
docs.vmware.com › en › VMware-Cloud-FoundationVMware Imaging Appliance The Cloud Builder VMincludes the VMware Imaging Appliance(VIA). You can use VIA to install ESXi and VIBs on servers for use in the management domain and VI workload domains. Using VIA is optional, and if your servers are already installed with a supported version of ESXi, you do not need to use VIA.