Promote, Package & Move Workloads
Promotion, Arsenal versioning, datacenter packaging, and workload movement form one portability chain: turn running state into reusable content, preserve relationships, then place it where it should run.
Choose the operation that matches the goal
Promote when a customized running VM should become reusable Arsenal content. Export a datacenter package when the topology and relationships must travel together. Move a workload when the object stays the same but its execution host should change.
These operations solve different portability problems, but they share the same STRATUM model: preserve identity and relationships instead of rebuilding the workload manually at the destination.
The outcome you should see
You can choose whether the task requires promotion, package export/import, or execution-host movement instead of treating every portability problem as the same operation.