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Felix001
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ESX4/ESX5 Partitions

I had a ESX4 whitebox running for about 4 years (upgraded from ESX3.5) which ran without any issues.

Last week my motherboard stopped working. But as the motherboard is so old I cannot source a new 1.

Meaning that I will have to build a new server with new hardware etc. As all of my VM`s are on a array could I still see the array within ESX5i and some how copy then over.

Or what is the best way to get the VM`s from the array over to a new install of the Hypervisor ?

Thanks,

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spravtek
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Maybe you can try connecting the array to a Linux system and use vmfs-tools to read the VMFS-volume, copy the VM's to a temporary storage until you have finished your ESXi 5.0 build?

More info on vmfs-tools: http://planetvm.net/blog/?p=1592

And maybe this: http://www.vft.com.au/computer-forensics/accessing-vmfs-partitions-on-an-esx-server-that-doesn%E2%80...

Later you can use converter to convert the machines if you aren't able to import them directly into VMware 5.0.

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mohan11
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Hi  Felix001

Welcome to communites .

Do you have any backup , In this case I think this is the best and low cost solution .

you may find below for more

http://www.vmware.com/support/srm/srm-releasenotes-5-0-1.html#opensource .

"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit."
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