Failed Hard drive that ESXi 3.5 host installed on.

[TLEMMIKSOO]

The hard drive that my ESXi 3.5 U3 host is installed on has failed. When the replacement drive arrives I plan on installing ESXi 3.4 U4 on it. All of my guest VM's are installed on a separate second hard drive. Will the new install of ESXi see the old guest VM's or will I have to rebuild them as new?

Todd L.

[mjsvirt · Accepted solution]

You should be able to import them.

Browse the datastore to the .vmx file , right click and add to inventory

[DLeid]

You shouldn't have a problem as long as the vms are on a different partiton. You may have to re-register the vms.

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