Unable to download or copy the VMDK file from VSAN 6 datatstore.

[DebnathS]

Hello All,

I am facing issues while I try to download VM contents from my VSAN data-store. Every other file within the VM gets downloaded or copied except the vmdk. During the process I get the error "File Operation failed".

I am using vSphere 6.0.

Any help with this will be highly appreciated.

Thanks in Advance!!

DebS

[RAJ_RAJ]

Could you please copy that file any other data store and try to down load .

[DebnathS]

Hi Raj,

Thanks for your response 

Its a VSAN environment and I have just a single datastore. I can copy it from one folder to the other within the datastore, but not out of the datastore. I need this vmdk to upload to a different vcenter server at a different geographical location.

[RAJ_RAJ]

May be you can try to to export the VM as  ovf template and deploy  to new VC / location

[vikrantkamboj]

Hi Debs,

This is an expected behavior when the virtual machine is powered on.

To be able to copy the .vmdk file using the datastore browser, ensure that the virtual machine is powered off or shut down.

Alternatively, you can use a third party software, such as FileZilla or WinSCP, to copy the .vmdk file.

Thanks

Rahul

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[henbill]

The most common choice is to have access to the data store through the VI Client. It may not seem immediately obvious, 2V0-621D VCE but to browse the store client data in ESX Server VI click on, click on the tab Summary, look on the right side at the department store Data, and double-click on one of ' the data stores.

[jca0]

Hi,

I am facing the same issue. I'm able to download .vmdk files of powered off VMs from normal datastores, but not from VSAN datastore.

Did you maybe resolve this problem somehow?

Kindest Regards,

Jakub

[cyberpaul]

Hi, I think exporting the VM as OVF should work and it is a nice solution.

Other solution might be to utilize some free backup software, this way you could do this even with the VM running. For example with VMcom Backup (https://vmcom.com) you can store the backup to any NFS or SMB share and the backup will be in readable format (you'll see sparse .vmdk files when browsing the share, you can even mount them with vmware-mount utility).

Regards, Pavel

[RandomPCDude]

I faced the same issue today and I noticed that error occurred every time the server refreshed network configuration (it's obtaining network settings via DHCP). The lease time in my case was 10 minutes, so I just increased the lease time for DHCP configuration and it worked. I was able to download large VM disk file without any problems. Hope this solution helps.