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    <title>topic Re: How to Speed Up File Transfers To/From ESXi Datastores in ESXi Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; Use veeam fastscp 3.0 its freeware. you can connect n number of esxi server.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;you can move/copy directly  from one server to another server....&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Regards&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Senthil Kumar D&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:19:25 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>kumarsenthild</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2010-03-11T23:19:25Z</dc:date>
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      <title>How to Speed Up File Transfers To/From ESXi Datastores</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/How-to-Speed-Up-File-Transfers-To-From-ESXi-Datastores/m-p/1672452#M149219</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN class="value"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;Hi folks!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Our company has a large number of &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;VMware ESXi 3.5 and 4.0 servers. (Note: This is the free ESXi, not the &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;paid ESX Server.) They generally work very well for us. The one area of &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;problem I have is in transferring files to and from the datastores on &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;the machines.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Since we do not have the paid ESX Server, I cannot &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;use VirtualCenter or vMotion to transfer virtual machines from one place&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;to another. So if I need to move a virtual machine to a different host,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;the only solution I'm left with is to download the virtual machine &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;files from the data store onto a local or network drive, and then upload&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;them to the new datastore, all using the vSphere Client. The problem &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;with this is that I have found it to be extremely slow. It can take &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;hours just to copy one virtual machine.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Does anyone know of a &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;better way to do this that would decrease the transfer time?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;-&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Tom&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:12:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Shump</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-03-11T23:12:33Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to Speed Up File Transfers To/From ESXi Datastores</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/How-to-Speed-Up-File-Transfers-To-From-ESXi-Datastores/m-p/1672453#M149220</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; Use veeam fastscp 3.0 its freeware. you can connect n number of esxi server.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;you can move/copy directly  from one server to another server....&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Regards&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Senthil Kumar D&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:19:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/How-to-Speed-Up-File-Transfers-To-From-ESXi-Datastores/m-p/1672453#M149220</guid>
      <dc:creator>kumarsenthild</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-03-11T23:19:25Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to Speed Up File Transfers To/From ESXi Datastores</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/How-to-Speed-Up-File-Transfers-To-From-ESXi-Datastores/m-p/1672454#M149221</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;You can use Veeam as mentioned, but there's a few hacks you can also use:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/http_transfers.php" target="test_blank"&gt;http://vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/http_transfers.php&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/ESXi_enable_FTP.php" target="test_blank"&gt;http://vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/ESXi_enable_FTP.php&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;=========================================================================&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;William Lam&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;VMware vExpert 2009&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;VMware ESX/ESXi scripts and resources at: &lt;A href="http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://twitter.com/lamw"&gt;Twitter: @lamw&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://communities.vmware.com/d-9852"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://communities.vmware.com/d-10878"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://communities.vmware.com/d-10837"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://communities.vmware.com/c-3164"&gt;VMware Code Central - Scripts/Sample code for Developers and Administrators&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://communities.vmware.com/c-2828"&gt;VMware Developer Community&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;IMG src="http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/vexpert_silver_icon.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If you find this information useful, please award points for "correct" or "helpful".&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:35:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>lamw</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-03-11T23:35:54Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to Speed Up File Transfers To/From ESXi Datastores</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/How-to-Speed-Up-File-Transfers-To-From-ESXi-Datastores/m-p/1672455#M149222</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You can also use VMWare Converter Standalone 4.0, it's a free software and pretty powerful one. I use the same to transfer VMs across our 5 ESXi servers and have found out to be faster than normal uploading of files. You can also do many more tasks using the VMWare converter standalone. Here is the site to download the software from: &lt;A href="http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/datacenter_downloads/vmware_vcenter_converter_standalone/4_0" target="test_blank"&gt;http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/datacenter_downloads/vmware_vcenter_converter_standalone/4_0&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hope this will help you&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regards,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Nikhil &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:53:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/How-to-Speed-Up-File-Transfers-To-From-ESXi-Datastores/m-p/1672455#M149222</guid>
      <dc:creator>Nikhil_Patwa</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-03-12T06:53:48Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to Speed Up File Transfers To/From ESXi Datastores</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/How-to-Speed-Up-File-Transfers-To-From-ESXi-Datastores/m-p/1672456#M149223</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Nice words from one of the bloggers:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Keep in mind though that FastSCP is faster than WinSCP because FastSCP&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;doesn’t encrypt the data that is being copied. WinSCP does encrypt the&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;data and I consider WinSCP to be more secure than FastSCP. FastSCP does&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;use an SSH control channel though. An SSH control channel can best be&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;described as a secure channel which is used to pass user/password/port&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;information. In addition to the ports used for SSH other ports need to&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;be opened up for FastSCP to work, which increases the attack surface of&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;the ESX host. Some of you might have security policies in place, this&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;might be the time to start reading it. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thus, you shouldtake into account the security policies from your organization nd make the right choice. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;---&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;iSCSI SAN software&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.starwindsoftware.com/"&gt;http://www.starwindsoftware.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:28:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>PaulSvirin</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-03-12T08:28:07Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to Speed Up File Transfers To/From ESXi Datastores</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;The only way to dramatically increase transfer speed - to use external shared storage. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;In this case you just power VM off, unregister it on host, register on another and power on.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;---&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;MCSA, MCTS, VCP, VMware vExpert '2009&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://blog.vadmin.ru" target="test_blank"&gt;http://blog.vadmin.ru&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:14:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>AntonVZhbankov</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-03-12T12:14:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to Speed Up File Transfers To/From ESXi Datastores</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks to everyone for your quick replies! The Veeam FastSCP solution worked perfectly for us! Since all of this work is being done on our internal network, behind a firewall, with none of the relevant ports exposed to the Internet, the security issue was not a concern for us.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have also found the VMware Converter standalone to be useful as well, but FastSCP is really the type of solution I was looking for in this particular case.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks again,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Shump&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:16:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Shump</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-03-14T14:16:20Z</dc:date>
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