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#323192 - 11/06/2009 07:42 VMWare ESX virtual disk file
andy carpal tunnel Registered: 10/06/1999 Posts: 5916 Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK	A quick ESX question. If you have an ESX server, can you extract the virtual disk images from it if you suddenly need to run a copy of one of the virtual machines under one of the non ESX VMWare products ? _________________________ Remind me to change my signature to something more interesting someday
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#323199 - 11/06/2009 11:44 Re: VMWare ESX virtual disk file [Re: andy]
Phoenix42 veteran Registered: 21/03/2002 Posts: 1424 Loc: MA but Irish born	The free version of Converter will do V2V conversions. http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/
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#323204 - 11/06/2009 13:19 Re: VMWare ESX virtual disk file [Re: Phoenix42]
tman carpal tunnel Registered: 24/12/2001 Posts: 5528	Yes. It is just a file inside the datastore. Log into the ESX shell and just transfer it out.
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#323215 - 11/06/2009 15:43 Re: VMWare ESX virtual disk file [Re: tman]
Phoenix42 veteran Registered: 21/03/2002 Posts: 1424 Loc: MA but Irish born	A file, yes, but a very likely a very big file.
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#323216 - 11/06/2009 15:54 Re: VMWare ESX virtual disk file [Re: Phoenix42]
wfaulk carpal tunnel Registered: 25/12/2000 Posts: 16706 Loc: Raleigh, NC US	And exporting works a lot more cleanly anyway. _________________________ Bitt Faulk
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