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Tape<br />
external Hard Drive
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I meant how do I convert the VM to a file..
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I meant how do I convert the VM to a file..

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The best way is to use VMware Converter.<br />
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See my videos, for guidance.<br />
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<a href="http://andysworld.org.uk/2011/10/29/new-hd-video-restore-a-virtual-machine-using-the-free-vmware-vcenter-converter-to-vmware-vsphere-4x-50-esxi-4x-esxi-50-esx-40/" rel="ugc">New HD Video: Restore a Virtual Machine using the FREE VMware vCenter Converter to VMware vSphere 4.x, 5.0 ESXi 4.x, ESXi 5.0, ESX 4.0</a><br />
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<a href="http://andysworld.org.uk/2011/10/29/new-hd-video-backup-vmware-vsphere-4x-50-esxi-4x-esxi-50-esx-40-for-free-using-vmware-vcenter-converter/" rel="ugc">New HD Video: Backup VMware vSphere 4.x, 5.0 ESXi 4.x, ESXi 5.0, ESX 4.0 for FREE using VMware vCenter Converter</a><br />

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The best way is to use VMware Converter.

See my videos, for guidance.

New HD Video: Restore a Virtual Machine using the FREE VMware vCenter Converter to VMware vSphere 4.x, 5.0 ESXi 4.x, ESXi 5.0, ESX 4.0 [http://andysworld.org.uk/2011/10/29/new-hd-video-restore-a-virtual-machine-using-the-free-vmware-vcenter-converter-to-vmware-vsphere-4x-50-esxi-4x-esxi-50-esx-40/]


New HD Video: Backup VMware vSphere 4.x, 5.0 ESXi 4.x, ESXi 5.0, ESX 4.0 for FREE using VMware vCenter Converter [http://andysworld.org.uk/2011/10/29/new-hd-video-backup-vmware-vsphere-4x-50-esxi-4x-esxi-50-esx-40-for-free-using-vmware-vcenter-converter/]


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I have a ESX 4 VM that I need to transport to another location. Whats the best wy for me to save the VM to file for remote esxi system? 
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I have a ESX 4 VM that I need to transport to another location. Whats the best wy for me to save the VM to file for remote esxi system? 

VM file

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.