exporting vmdk

[jepoytengco]

Hi, we have an existing vmware setup. I just like to know how do you export out of the datastore the vmdk or image file of one of the servers? My objective is to use this as a testing environment on a different machine.

Thanks

Jeff

[Nick_Andreev]

Hi Jeff,

If you need just the .vmdk, simply browse the datastore and download the file to your PC. If you need the whole VM, then you may want to export it as a OVF template from vCenter.

[SavkoorSuhas]

hello jeff,

You can:

Browse the datastore where this VM resides

Select the VMDK required and select download to local drive

Once saved, you can create a new VM, and attach this drive.

If you want to test a virtual machine that is similar to the original one, you can simply clone it.

If you export to OVF you can deploy N number of VMs from the OVF template

However, to export the VM to OVF you will have to power down the VM.

Suhas