How to copy a VM to a USB drive

[fcastill]

Hi,

Does anybody know the commands on how to

1: mount a USB drive to an ESX3.5 host,

2: copy a VM to the USB once mounted.

Then mount on another ESX3.5 host

copy the VM from the USB to the new ESX3.5 host.

If you do please provide the commands, I am kinda new at it

Thanks!!!!!

[Kevin_Hamilton]

Mate, I would look at using winscp to copy the files not mounting direct through service console. Create a normal user in both hosts connect via winscp turn off vm then copy files from 1st host then connect to seconed host put them in there and bring it up.

[ctfoster]

I'd second that. Also if you use veeam (a similiar scp tool) you can copy directly between the hosts.

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[Veee · Accepted solution]

To mount usb drive:

1. First see that usb drive is recognised:

as root do=> # lsusb

it would show you your usb drive (like --- "Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0951:1600 Kingston Technology Data Traveler II Pen Drive")

2. Now do => # dmesg | grep -i "SCSI device"

This would show you an extra scsi device than usual. Lets say for my case it is "sdc".

3. Now make a directory for mounting usb - say - /mnt/flash

4. Use # mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/flash/ to mount your usb drive to flash directory.

5. Now in /mnt/flash dir, you can see the contents of your drive.

To copy VM:

Use normal cp command with -r -f options.

1. cp -rf <path-to-vm-dir / vm-name> /mnt/flash

[fcastill]

How does veeam work. I get a socket denied every time I try to copy a VM even when I am logged as root on both ESX servers