I made manual change to a .vmx file that rendered it invalid. I un-did the change but it remained marked invalid. So I removed it from the inventory. Now how can I add it back in?
Browse the datastore, right click the .vmx file and select register VM
Or, you can register VMs from the COS..
vmware-cmd s unregister /path_to_vmx/vm/old_vm.vmx
vmware-cmd s register /path_to_vmx/vm/new_vm.vmx
go to the console (or use putty..) and do:
vmware-cmd -s register 'path to vmx file'
Ok, the command line approach worked.
I'm not sure in which interface I was supposed to browse to the vmx file.. I don't seem to have any gui available that can do that. Am I missing something or am I maybe just not licensed for it?
You can browse the datastore in the VI client which comes with your ESX by default.
I cannot find that option in VI client.
Go to either configuration - storage and right click the storage
or in the main screen choose the ESX host and then right click a storage
take a look at this screenshot
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/47/4341047/1680_3964306366356632.jpg
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oreeh
Thanks.
I was able to access it via the storage/browse datastore method.