On the next screen, the complete content of the VMDK files is extracted, which users can select and copy to another drive. Right-click on the larger size file and follow 7-Zip>Open archive. Advantage of this solution is that you can test the restore for each image offsite without disturbing your initial VM in any way. Once the copy process is completed, exit the 7-Zip utility securely. Restore steps are the same, but in reverse order.
Unofficial way:Ī potential alternative (unsupported by VMware) works only if you have an ACID-compliant file system with snapshot support underneath it (for example ZFS). To start the process, you need to download the virtual disk vmdk file from the ESXi server to the computer you installed the V2V Converter on. VMware Desktop Hypervisors: VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion: Local Mac, Windows and Linux Virtualization Desktop Hypervisor products from VMware provide IT pros, developers and businesses. Winimage 8.5 Another tool I can recommend is WinImage (free evaluation use for up to 30 days).
According to VMware specs, before copying, moving or downloading a VM (vmdk files), you need to consolidate/remove all existing VM snapshots and then power off the VM, no shortcuts here. Select your source File (VMDK, VHD, IMG) > Choose a location to save the converted data file > Click ‘convert' and let the converter run.