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Just FYI - you can't use the Import function with ESXi to 'migrate' or V2V a VM into your host, unless you have vCenter with your ESXi host. You can only import OVF VM appliances. So, thus why I suggested doing a V2V using vCenter Converter Standalone. :)<br />
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~coolsport00
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Works a treat!<br />
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Thank you very much!
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Glad to help :)<br />
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We are running VMWare infrastructure 3 on a server in our office.<br />
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We have just purchased a new Dell server which is running VMWare sphere ESXI v 4.1<br />
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When we export machines on our Vmware v3 box, they export as VMDK files. We want to load these onto our new server which seems to only accept OVF files.<br />
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We have looked at the ovftool but it only mentions converting vmx files to ovf files and not vmdk files.<br />
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Could anyone advise?
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We are running VMWare infrastructure 3 on a server in our office.

We have just purchased a new Dell server which is running VMWare sphere ESXI v 4.1

When we export machines on our Vmware v3 box, they export as VMDK files. We want to load these onto our new server which seems to only accept OVF files.

We have looked at the ovftool but it only mentions converting vmx files to ovf files and not vmdk files.

Could anyone advise?

Just FYI - you can&#39;t use the Import function with ESXi to &#39;migrate&#39; or V2V a VM into your host, unless you have vCenter with your ESXi host. You can only import OVF VM appliances. So, thus why I suggested doing a V2V using vCenter Converter Standalone. :)

~coolsport00

ovftool help

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.