Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of VMwareESX3ToUSBDisk

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Dec 17, 2010 5:47:46 AM (14 years ago)

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VMwareESX3ToUSBDisk

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+== Transfer Virtual Machine Between VMware ESX 3 Hosts On a USB Drive ==
+
+=== On ESX 3.0.3 host: export VM to a USB drive ===
+
+1) Create a mount point.
+
+{{{
+# mkdir /mnt/usb
+}}}
+
+2) Attach a USB drive.
+
+{{{
+# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
+
+Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
+255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
+Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
+
+   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
+/dev/sdb1             1      9729  78148161   83  Linux
+#
+}}}
+
+3) Mount the EXT3 file system (that was created in advance by running the "{{{mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdb1}}}" command on a Linux computer).
+
+{{{
+# mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
+}}}
+
+4) Shutdown the virtual machine, locate its files.
+
+{{{
+# ls -log /vmfs/volumes/storage1/Cerveza
+-rw-------    1 21474836480 Dec 15 16:17 Cerveza-flat.vmdk
+-rw-------    1        8664 Dec 15 16:17 Cerveza.nvram
+-rw-------    1         339 Nov 17 11:03 Cerveza.vmdk
+-rw-------    1           0 Nov 26  2007 Cerveza.vmsd
+-rwxr-xr-x    1        1477 Oct 29 21:05 Cerveza.vmx
+-rw-------    1         251 Oct 29 20:58 Cerveza.vmxf
+-rw-r--r--    1       26693 Nov 22  2009 vmware-26.log
+-rw-r--r--    1       26330 Mar 15  2010 vmware-27.log
+-rw-r--r--    1       25531 Oct 29 14:28 vmware-28.log
+-rw-r--r--    1       22416 Dec 15 16:17 vmware.log
+#
+}}}
+
+5) Export the virtual disk (took 5 minutes to complete).
+
+{{{
+# vmkfstools -i /vmfs/volumes/storage1/Cerveza/Cerveza.vmdk \
+    /mnt/usb/Cerveza.vmdk -d 2gbsparse
+Destination disk format: sparse with 2GB maximum extent size
+Cloning disk '/vmfs/volumes/storage1/Cerveza/Cerveza.vmdk'...
+Clone: 100% done.
+#
+}}}
+
+6) Copy virtual machine configuration files.
+
+{{{
+# ( cd /vmfs/volumes/storage1/Cerveza ; \
+    tar cvf /mnt/usb/Cerveza.tar *.{nvram,vmsd,vmx,vmxf,log} )
+Cerveza.nvram
+Cerveza.vmsd
+Cerveza.vmx
+Cerveza.vmxf
+vmware-26.log
+vmware-27.log
+vmware-28.log
+vmware.log
+#
+}}}
+
+7) Un-mount the USB drive.
+
+{{{
+# ls -log /mnt/usb
+total 3706752
+-rw-------    1 1502150656 Dec 15 16:24 Cerveza-s001.vmdk
+-rw-------    1  373096448 Dec 15 16:24 Cerveza-s002.vmdk
+-rw-------    1   38862848 Dec 15 16:24 Cerveza-s003.vmdk
+-rw-------    1  251199488 Dec 15 16:24 Cerveza-s004.vmdk
+-rw-------    1   70057984 Dec 15 16:24 Cerveza-s005.vmdk
+-rw-------    1  221839360 Dec 15 16:24 Cerveza-s006.vmdk
+-rw-------    1   65339392 Dec 15 16:24 Cerveza-s007.vmdk
+-rw-------    1  670367744 Dec 15 16:24 Cerveza-s008.vmdk
+-rw-------    1  598802432 Dec 15 16:24 Cerveza-s009.vmdk
+-rw-------    1     589824 Dec 15 16:24 Cerveza-s010.vmdk
+-rw-------    1      65536 Dec 15 16:24 Cerveza-s011.vmdk
+-rw-r--r--    1     184320 Dec 15 16:26 Cerveza.tar
+-rw-------    1        734 Dec 15 16:24 Cerveza.vmdk
+drwx------    2      16384 Dec 15 15:46 lost+found
+#
+# sync ; umount /mnt/usb
+}}}
+
+=== On ESX 3.5 host: restore VM from a USB drive ===
+
+1) Create a mount point.
+
+{{{
+# mkdir /mnt/usb
+}}}
+
+2) Attach a USB drive. Mount the file system.
+
+{{{
+# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
+}}}
+
+3) Import the virtual disk (took 17 minutes to complete).
+
+{{{
+# mkdir /vmfs/volumes/storage1/Cerveza
+#
+# vmkfstools -i /mnt/usb/Cerveza.vmdk \
+    /vmfs/volumes/storage1/Cerveza/Cerveza.vmdk
+Destination disk format: VMFS thick
+Cloning disk '/mnt/usb/Cerveza.vmdk'...
+Clone: 100% done.
+#
+}}}
+
+4) Copy virtual machine configuration files.
+
+{{{
+# cd /vmfs/volumes/storage1/Cerveza
+# tar xf /mnt/usb/Cerveza.tar
+#
+# ls -log
+total 20972224
+-rw-------    1 21474836480 Dec 16 15:05 Cerveza-flat.vmdk
+-rw-------    1        8664 Dec 15 16:17 Cerveza.nvram
+-rw-------    1         400 Dec 16 15:05 Cerveza.vmdk
+-rw-------    1           0 Nov 26  2007 Cerveza.vmsd
+-rwxr-xr-x    1        1477 Oct 29 21:05 Cerveza.vmx
+-rw-------    1         251 Oct 29 20:58 Cerveza.vmxf
+-rw-r--r--    1       26693 Nov 22  2009 vmware-26.log
+-rw-r--r--    1       26330 Mar 15  2010 vmware-27.log
+-rw-r--r--    1       25531 Oct 29 14:28 vmware-28.log
+-rw-r--r--    1       22416 Dec 15 16:17 vmware.log
+#
+}}}
+
+5) Register the virtual machine.
+
+{{{
+# vmware-cmd -s register /vmfs/volumes/storage1/Cerveza/Cerveza.vmx
+register(/vmfs/volumes/storage1/Cerveza/Cerveza.vmx) = 1
+#
+# vmware-cmd -l |grep Cerveza
+/vmfs/volumes/4d0a6ad8-64d962f4-116a-0015c5f67030/Cerveza/Cerveza.vmx
+#
+}}}
+