- MOVING LICENSE VM ESXI 6.5 PORTABLE
- MOVING LICENSE VM ESXI 6.5 PASSWORD
- MOVING LICENSE VM ESXI 6.5 WINDOWS
I also tried to export as an OVF, but still the same errors. When I try to export the OVA file with vSphere client 6.0, the problem is the same. the ovf file seems weird: for example, I can see this line "ovf:size=9223372036854775807". the mf file is wrong (the sha1 hash is not generated. When I extract it (with tar), I have the 3 files but it seems that there are some errors: Writing OVA package: /data/Site_Mariage.ova With somes VMs, after a lot of tuning on my script (involving OVFtool), I receive the following result: I am experiencing a very strange issue with OVF exporting. Option: -compress or -compress=9 with the above command, has no effect. Q2: ovftool.exe -compress=9 -ds=Local vi:// /vMA6 vi:// Opening VI source: vi:// :443/vSphere%20MA%20(vMA6)Ĭ:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>ovftool.exe -ds=Local vi:// /"vSphere MA (vMA6)" vi:// Ĭ:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>ovftool.exe -ds=Local "vi:// /vSphere MA (vMA6)" vi://
Ovftool - VMware OVF Tool 4.1 for Win 64-bitĬ:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>ovftool.exe -ds=Local vi:"// /vSphere MA (vMA6)" vi:// Įnter login information for source vi://esxi4/ Q1: I have problem, error if I use space in name VM. $ python -c 'import urllib import getpass print(urllib.quote_plus(getpass.getpass()))'
MOVING LICENSE VM ESXI 6.5 PORTABLE
Probably the most portable way you can do this is using a short Python or Perl snippet. This is guaranteed to upset many things, not just URLs ?
MOVING LICENSE VM ESXI 6.5 PASSWORD
Let's say that your password is (I hope this doesn't get shredded by the blog software.) This IMO is an annoying and unnecessary bug.Ī workaround (not great, but it will allow you to use your password as is) is to urlencode the password on the command line and give that to ovftool to use. Ovftool, for some bizarre reason, even in version 4.2, does NOT internally urlencode the password, so the login fails. Passwords in URLs must be urlencoded, otherwise they don't get interpreted correctly. According to the `ovftool` debug logs (and some strace dumps I did), ovftool forms a URL that includes the userid and password - even if you entered the password at the prompt. I know this is a very old topic, but I figured out why the password doesn't work. and it can not keep snapshot.Ĥ, Download/Upload VMs' data in DataStore Browser interface, though it can keep snapshot, it's hard to implement for so much VMsĬould please help me and get me any suggestion or better solution? and it can not keep snapshot.ģ, vCenter Converter Standalone, hard to implement because of we have more than 100 VM to be migrated. For example, a VM with 200GB provisioned sized and with 13GB actual size, B&R seems moving 200GB data during quick migration and caused about 90 mins.Ģ, OVFtool, hard to implement because of we have more than 100 VM to be migrated. P.S Because some reason, we are not allowed to add new ESXi 5.1 hosts to the existing vCenter 5.0 which would be retired.ġ, Veeam B&R, by using Quick Migration FeatureĬ, Do not support THIN HDD well. It seems all existing solution has some limitation so that can not meet our requirement well. And the snapshot along with VM is required to be kept during migration. The VMs on vCenter 5.0 should be migrated and distributed to 6 ESXi hosts' local data-storage. Here is an example of using ovftool to probe the ESXi host to see the list of available VMs:įor some reason,We have a vCenter 5.0 and would be replaced by several single ESXi 5.1 hosts. I have a VM called vMA5 that is located on vESXi-03 and I would like to copy that directly to vESXi-04 without needing any additional storage. In this example, I have two ESXi hosts called vESXi-03 and vESXi-04 and they both contain a single local datastore (no shared storage). Well, if you are looking for a quick and easy way to copy a VM from one host to another, try using the ovftool.
MOVING LICENSE VM ESXI 6.5 WINDOWS
You can of course leverage tools like VMware Converter or exporting the VM to a "middle man" system and then re-importing that VM into the destination host but it could take awhile or you have to run a Windows system. If you have ever needed to copy a Virtual Machine from one host to another, it can be a challenge sometimes, especially if you do not have shared storage. It still surprises me with the amount of features this little utility contains and this particular one is definitely a cool one! As you probably have guessed by now, I am a big fan of the ovftool and have written several articles here, here and here. There were some discussions earlier this week about copying Virtual Machines from one ESXi host to another ESXi host that reminded me of a very cool feature in the ovftool that could help with this task(which I thought I had written about already).