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Mark_Bayliss
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Importing Templates / VM

Hey Everyone,

We have ESX 3.5. I have two templates and 1 VM that I need to restore. What is the best way to do this?

Both templates and VM have been created under ESX 3.5 and I have the copy the original VMFS folders.

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Mark

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piercelynch
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By restore, do you simply mean recreating these VM's using the Data Files you have?

If so, that is realatively easy - just add a new VM as normal, and when asked for the location of the hard disk files then point the wizard in that direction. With the templates, will you need to create them as normal VMs first and then convert them back to a template once you are done.

Hope that helps. Smiley Happy

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By restore, do you simply mean recreating these VM's using the Data Files you have?

If so, that is realatively easy - just add a new VM as normal, and when asked for the location of the hard disk files then point the wizard in that direction. With the templates, will you need to create them as normal VMs first and then convert them back to a template once you are done.

Hope that helps. Smiley Happy

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