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DILIPJ
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Robocopy use with ESXI

Hi,


we know how to use winscp with ESXI.

we would like to know is there any way one can use robocopy with ESXI.

in short can we map vmfs datastore path of ESXI on windows without using winscp.

Thanks

D.J.M

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BharatR
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Hi,

In the VMware environment, a datastore is a storage  location for virtual machine files – this could be a VMFS volume

can we map vmfs datastore path of ESXI on windows without using winscp

Here is an wiki for Mounting VMFS Volumes.

http://code.google.com/p/vmfs/wiki/CLI_webdav

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Virtualinfra
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Welcome to this community.

Robocopy cant be used with ESXI.

If you dont want winscp.

Connecte esxi host or vcenter directly from windows box with vsphere client and go to datastore view and browse datastore.

there you can download,upload and detele what ever you want you can do..

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idle-jam
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if the datastore is on a shared NFS, then it can be shared to other windows hosts ..

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jose_maria_gonz
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Hi Dilipj

Have you tried fastscp from Veeam? it works like a charm.

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raj196
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Hi

I don't think you can on ESXi,  unless you are in unsupported mode. I have done it on ESX a few times,  but the recommended way to backup the files from esxi are over the  network, using the vSphere client. If at all possible go that route,  it's much easier.

With that said. Format the disk with ext3 (You only have read support  for NTFS, and FAT32 is not good with large files). Plug in the drive.

tail /var/log/dmesg 

Should tell you the name of the drive. Create a mount point and mount it, specifying the correct fs

mkdir /mnt/usb mount /dev/<device_name> /mnt/usb -t ext3 

You will probably have to use vmkstools to export the files.

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