This is easy with shared storage but how best to do it with stand alone servers using internal storage - common in SMEs? There are various ways, such as sFTP, using the VMware convertor and using ovftool. see https://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2012/06/how-to-copy-vms-directly-between-esxi.html for more details. C:Program FilesVMwareVMware OVF [...] Read more
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VMware OVF Tool - Importing to VCenter in a Windows world.
Published on Feb 8, 2023
If you have a fully fledged VM environment which has an Enterprise licence, then moving virtual machines from one datasource to another is trivial, as VMotion can mange this easily. But if you are using the free ESX version or perhaps don't have shared storage, then VMotion is not an option. It should be possible to use a tool like Veeam to backup [...] Read more