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there is also the OVF tool, which allows exporting and importing as well<br />
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<a href="http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/ovf/" rel="ugc nofollow">http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/ovf/</a>
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there is also the OVF tool, which allows exporting and importing as well

http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/ovf/ [http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/ovf/]

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Hi guys,<br />
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VM noobie looking for some help. &nbsp;<br />
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I have an HP DL160G6 server with (4) onboard 500GB drives running RAID 10. &nbsp;It has Win2K server 2003 and free VMware server installed on it. &nbsp;The goal is to wipe the drive and start over with ESX 4.1 <br />
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The question is, since I'm utilizing onboard storage, what is the process I need to take? &nbsp;Would I need to offload the VM's onto another shared drive and wipe the server, build it from the ground up with ESX, then import/convert the VM's back to ESX? &nbsp;What are the requirements for the shared storage. &nbsp;Obviously it can't be a USB NTFS external HD. &nbsp;<br />
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Any help is much appreciated. &nbsp;<br />
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Hi guys,

VM noobie looking for some help.  

I have an HP DL160G6 server with (4) onboard 500GB drives running RAID 10.  It has Win2K server 2003 and free VMware server installed on it.  The goal is to wipe the drive and start over with ESX 4.1 

The question is, since I'm utilizing onboard storage, what is the process I need to take?  Would I need to offload the VM's onto another shared drive and wipe the server, build it from the ground up with ESX, then import/convert the VM's back to ESX?  What are the requirements for the shared storage.  Obviously it can't be a USB NTFS external HD.  

Any help is much appreciated.  



Vmware Server to VMware ESX Migration

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.