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Nick0224
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OVF tool Export VMs inquiry

Hi everyone,

I was tasked to backup VMs from ESXI servers. There is about 10 VMs on that server.

I downloaded OVF and was able to export 1 VM at a time. with the following syntax:

ovftool.exe vi://<ip address of host>/<name of vm> <location to export>

I was wondering if I can write a syntax/script that can export all 10 VMS at the same time? Any guidance is much appreciated!

Or if there is any recommendation to use another application other then OVF to backup vms please let me know,

Thank you!

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LucD
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You could use the Start-Job cmdlet to start multiple tasks in parallel.


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