VM Copy

[Rohail2004]

I need to copy the entire VM confi/VMDK file and send to remote location, I tried to do a network copy but it was taking forever, Is there any other better way to copy the entire VM?

Thanks in advance.

[AndreTheGiant]

Use VMware Converter.

Andre

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[Rohail2004]

how vmware converter will help? I want to copy the entire folder which has the vm files across the site...

[AndreTheGiant]

You can do V2V operation.

Export from one ESX and import to a new one.

Andre

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[AndreTheGiant]

If you want to do a copy ESX to ESX you can use also scp (but is slower) or Veem FastSCP.

Andre

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[Rohail2004]

No. I think you misunderstood my question. I don't need to copy from one esx to another. I need to send a copy of the VM to someone else across the site. They don't have the esx server. They need a VM image so they can install a local free ESX server on their pc and use my VM image.

[AndreTheGiant]

I don't need to copy from one esx to another. I need to send a copy of the VM to someone else across the site.

Use VMware Convert to export from ESX to other format (aka file).

Andre

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[Rohail2004]

no, export wouldnt work.. i tried it..