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couple different ways of doing this, the easiest one is to browse datastore browser, copy the template VM folder. &nbsp;Once copied to USB, etc.. use the new ESX host to upload back to a datastore. &nbsp;In vCenter browse to the vmtx file and click &quot;register VM&quot;<br />
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you're set from there.
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or you could convert template to virtual machine, and use converter to transfer to destination esx server.
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How about if I want to be able to automate this. Does SDK has support to copy files out of the data store to the file system and upload it to a different ESX server?
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I have created a VM template using VCenter in my ESX server.<br />
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I want to export this template and store it in the file system and then import it to a different ESX server.<br />
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Is this doable?<br />
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Using OVF format is one option, but is there a different approach? VMWare Convertor can help? If so does it expose a SDK so I can do some automation?
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I have created a VM template using VCenter in my ESX server.

I want to export this template and store it in the file system and then import it to a different ESX server.

Is this doable?

Using OVF format is one option, but is there a different approach? VMWare Convertor can help? If so does it expose a SDK so I can do some automation?

couple different ways of doing this, the easiest one is to browse datastore browser, copy the template VM folder.  Once copied to USB, etc.. use the new ESX host to upload back to a datastore.  In vCenter browse to the vmtx file and click &quot;register VM&quot;

you&#39;re set from there.

or you could convert template to virtual machine, and use converter to transfer to destination esx server.

How about if I want to be able to automate this. Does SDK has support to copy files out of the data store to the file system and upload it to a different ESX server?

Exporting &amp; Importing a VM Template

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.

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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.

Exporting &amp; Importing a VM Template

Exporting & Importing a VM Template