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vSphere - copy virtual machine to external usb hard drive

We have an ESXi server standing somewhere else. I can connect to the server with the vSphere client. There is an external USB hard drive plugged into the server. How can I copy a stopped VM to the external hard drive?
Anatol
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Is there a vSphere client for Linux, or will there be?

I have searched every corner of the internet (well, I searched really hard...) for a proper vSphere client for Linux, but it seems that the answer is the same everytime: VMWare tells users to use Windows. Is there any information on a vSphere…
Aron Rotteveel
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Linux: How to Press Sysreq Key in VNC/Vsphere Client?

I'm using a Vsphere client on Windows XP over a VNC link (Vinagre) from an Ubuntu 10.10 desktop running WindowMaker. It all works pretty well, but I can't find any way to press the Magic SysReq key (used to reset Linux hard). Neither Vinagre nor…
Mei
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How do you get the VMWare vSphere client to work on Windows 7 RC?

When trying to connect to a ESXi server using the VMWare vShere Client I get an error: Error parsing the server "server" "clients.xml" file. Login will continue, contact your system administrator. Followed by: The type initializer for…
Keith Sirmons
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Is there a faster way to deploy an OVA template?

I need to deploy vSphere Server Appliance 5.1. I have vSphere Client running locally and my internet upload is capped at 3 Mbps. It says it's going to take about 200 minutes to upload. When selecting a URL as opposed to a local file, does vSphere…
Luke
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VMware Vsphere Monitoring and Alerting Network Outage

I am trying to set up an alert to email out when any of our VMs lose network connectivity. I'm trying the following settings but I do not get any alerts when I kill the network connection. Alarm Type: Virtual Machine Monitor for specific events…
w3bguy
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How to give ESX users view-only access to the vSphere console?

We have a bunch of users that have vSphere and have access the vms on ESX 5.0 server. I'd like to be able to give them access to the vSphere console so they can view what's happening but not interact in any way. I tried this using permissions, only…
bearaman
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VM Folders in ESXi 5.1 Hypervisor (free)

Is there any way to create folders for my VMs on ESXi Hypervisor 5.1? I can create folders for my VMs on my licensed ESXi hosts with vCenter. The closest I can get on ESXi Hypervisor is to create Resource Pools for them, but that's obviously not the…
Josh
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Remove old vCenter servers from VMWare vSphere Client login window

After changing our vCenter servers recently, the old vCenter server is still listed in the VMWare vSphere Client login dialog in the IP Address / Name: drop down. Is there a way to remove the old/invalid entries from this dropdown?
music2myear
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vSphere iPad Client performance graph scale?

The vSphere client for the iPad is brilliant, however I'm having a bit of trouble determining the X-axis scale for the graphs. What kind of time frame is that over? 5 minutes? 10 minutes? 1 hour? I've tried lining up its peaks in processor usage…
Mark Henderson
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How to change hostname of VM?

I am using vSphere Hypervisor 4.1.0 and vSphere Client and from the vSphere Client, if you go to the Summary tab of a VM, how do you change the Host name in the General box? I am stumped. I heard the hostname from the vSphere doesn't affect…
O_O
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When trying to copy a virtual disk in VMware vSphere client, I get an errror

I'm pretty new to all the VMware world, so this is probably mainly a question about the right set of documentation to look at. I'm trying to clone/copy a VM that I installed on an ESXi installation. I was trying to follow along with the top example…
Zak
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Vsphere: Designate Specific folder for VMS inside Datastore

I have a single ISCSI LUN connected to my ESXI host which is used as a VMFS datastore. Is it possible to have vms created inside of a specific folder inside that datastore by default? I have tried using storage policies in Vcenter, but it looks like…
thewooster
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Remove license from unavailable/down/deleted ESXi host

I need to remove/unassign a paid license from an ESXi host (6.5) that is not anymore used. As this host became unresponsive, the hosting company removed it completely, and I cannot access to the ESXi host anymore to "safely and correctly" removing…
AlexLaforge
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Cannot log into vSphere Client from VM within same host

I log into the esxi host with vsphere 5.5 just fine. I then select my server 2008 R2 vm and login through the console. Once I get in the server, where I have vsphere client installed, I try to connect via the IP of the host, it shows it cannot…
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