{"id":169,"date":"2024-05-31T08:50:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T16:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liljegrens.org\/?p=169"},"modified":"2024-05-31T08:50:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T16:50:17","slug":"export-vm-using-ovftool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liljegrens.org\/?p=169","title":{"rendered":"Export VM using OVFTool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In my case I’m using an Ubuntu workstation and downloaded the appropriate ovftool and unzipped into a directory of choice. Prepare the VM on ESXi dashboard, shutdown and remove all snapshots. Back at the workstation, I choose to use terminal in most tasks and this is no exception therefore I navigated to the expanded directory on my desktop in terminal. Navigate to the directory and make the file executable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

cd ~\/Desktop\/ovftool\/\nsudo chmod +x ~\/Desktop\/ovftool\/ovftool<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Using the address or name of your ESXi host find the path to the VM targeted for backup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ovftool vi:\/\/192.168.XXX.XXX<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Output will show an error then a listing of VMs in the resource pool. Make note of the names. Quite simply the command is ovftool vi:\/\/hostname\/vm_name \/path\/to\/location\/vm_name.ova After proper credentials are provided the copy will begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ovftool vi:\/\/192.168.xxx.xxx\/myVM_v3 \/media\/jon\/Storage\/myVM_v2.ova<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Making an alias<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Once ovftool is downloaded and expanded let’s move the directory to \/usr\/bin\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo mv ofvtool \/usr\/bin\/<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
make the files executable<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo chmod +x \/usr\/bin\/ovftool\/ovftool\nsudo chmod +x \/usr\/bin\/ovftool\/ovftool.bin<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Make an alias to use at command line.  Now we can use ovftool at the command line without having to navigate to the directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
alias ovftool=\/usr\/bin\/ovftool\/ovftool<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In my case I’m using an Ubuntu workstation and downloaded the appropriate ovftool and unzipped into a directory of choice.<\/p>\n
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