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ESXi (Elastic Sky X Integrated) is a hypervisor developed by VMware that is used to create and manage virtual machines (VMs) in a virtualized environment. It is part of VMware's vSphere suite of products and is a foundational component for running virtualized workloads in both small and large-scale enterprise data centers. | ESXi (Elastic Sky X Integrated) is a hypervisor developed by VMware that is used to create and manage virtual machines (VMs) in a virtualized environment. It is part of VMware's vSphere suite of products and is a foundational component for running virtualized workloads in both small and large-scale enterprise data centers. | ||
=General= | |||
==VMDK Commands== | |||
===Shrink a Thin VMDK=== | |||
ls –lh *.vmdk | |||
du -h *.vmdk | |||
vmkfstools --punchzero vm.vmdk | |||
du -h *.vmdk | |||
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==ovftool== | |||
You can install this tool on your local machine (e.g., Windows) and use it to remotely move powered-down VMs from one ESXi to another or to your local machine as an .ovf file, etc. | |||
===Get Info About A VM=== | |||
.\ovftool vi://10.144.30.134/plex | |||
===Export VM from ESXi to a Local Windows PC=== | |||
.\ovftool.exe vi://<src-esxi-ip>/<src-vm-name> "C:\Downloads\<ovffile>.ovf" | |||
===Import VM from a Local Windows PC to ESXi=== | |||
.\ovftool.exe -ds=<dest-datastore> -dm=thin -n=<dest-vm-name> --net:"<src-network1>"="<dest-network1>" --net:"<src-network2>"="<dest-network2>" "C:\Downloads\<ovffile>.ovf" vi://<dest-esxi-ip> | |||
===Export Directly From ESXi to ESXi=== | |||
ovftool -ds=<dest-datastore> -dm=thin -n=<dest-vm-name> --net:"<src-network>"="<dest-network>" vi://<src-esxi-ip>/<src-vm-name> vi://<dest-esxi-ip> | |||
Revision as of 19:54, 21 January 2025
Summary
ESXi (Elastic Sky X Integrated) is a hypervisor developed by VMware that is used to create and manage virtual machines (VMs) in a virtualized environment. It is part of VMware's vSphere suite of products and is a foundational component for running virtualized workloads in both small and large-scale enterprise data centers.
General
VMDK Commands
Shrink a Thin VMDK
ls –lh *.vmdk
du -h *.vmdk
vmkfstools --punchzero vm.vmdk
du -h *.vmdk
ovftool
You can install this tool on your local machine (e.g., Windows) and use it to remotely move powered-down VMs from one ESXi to another or to your local machine as an .ovf file, etc.
Get Info About A VM
.\ovftool vi://10.144.30.134/plex
Export VM from ESXi to a Local Windows PC
.\ovftool.exe vi://<src-esxi-ip>/<src-vm-name> "C:\Downloads\<ovffile>.ovf"
Import VM from a Local Windows PC to ESXi
.\ovftool.exe -ds=<dest-datastore> -dm=thin -n=<dest-vm-name> --net:"<src-network1>"="<dest-network1>" --net:"<src-network2>"="<dest-network2>" "C:\Downloads\<ovffile>.ovf" vi://<dest-esxi-ip>
Export Directly From ESXi to ESXi
ovftool -ds=<dest-datastore> -dm=thin -n=<dest-vm-name> --net:"<src-network>"="<dest-network>" vi://<src-esxi-ip>/<src-vm-name> vi://<dest-esxi-ip>