parkarnoor
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move VM using ovftool

I am trying to move VM from standalone esxi host to VCenter having three hosts in cluster. I can do it using VCenter convertor standalone as V2V. but I am assuming ovftool will do faster for larger VMs.

it is straight forward info here. but it is not complete

How to Copy VMs Directly Between ESXi Hosts Without Shared Storage | virtuallyGhetto

I am using this syntax

ovftool.exe -ds=DS1_OS1 vi://root@10.10.10.10/xyz.abc.com vi://root@newesxihost.abc.com

after entering credentials for both source and target. I am getting below error.

Error: No network mapping specified. OVF networks:   VM Network. Target networks

I  want to correct syntax. do I need to define target network in syntax.or how to avoid this network check in ovftool syntax.

I am using latest 5.3.2 ovftool. where it is mentioned to --net or --network in command line.

Noor Parkar