How to export a vmdk from the vcenter server using command line?

[TYACC]

Hi All,

We are developing a website, our requreiment was to export a particular VM which running under vcenter server and uploaded to a shared folder or local hard disk which hosted in the vcenter server.

i want this task to be done by vmware pcli  using powershell script.

Thanks

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Discussion moved from VMware vCenter™ Server to VMware vSphere™ PowerCLI

[LucD]

You can use the Copy-DatastoreItem cmdlet to copy files, including the .VMDK file(s), from a Datastore to a local disk.

An alternative is to use the Datastore provider. See the vSphere PowerCLI Administration Guide that comes with the installation of PowerCLI.