To restore an Edge appliance, perform the steps as described in Setting up an Edge appliance on VMware ESXi. Restoring an Edge appliance from an OVF file is similar to deploying a virtual machine in VMware ESXi. Restoring an Edge appliance in VMware ESXi Select the Edge appliance and click Actions > Export. C : Program Files VMware VMware Workstation OVFTool. VMware Workstation compresses all of the virtual machine files to a single OVA file. In the File name field of the Export Virtual Machine to OVF dialog, change the file extensions from. Power off the Edge appliance in the ESXi console. Virtual machine boot from USB on a Windows/macOS/Linux Host. From VMware Workstation: Click File > Export to OVF. Select the Edge appliance that you want to restore and click Open.īackup and restore in VMware ESXi Creating a backup in VMware ESXi
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Restoring an Edge appliance in VMware Workstation Pro Select the Edge appliance that you want to back up. To restore a virtual machine, go to Player > File > Open and follow the prompts.īackup and restore in VMware Workstation Pro Creating a backup in VMware Workstation Pro Note that these also apply to VMware Workstation, Fusion Compatibility and virtual hardware versions are usually revised with each major version of. Except compatibility is expressed in vSphere versions and virtual Hardware has a specific version number. The recommendation is choosing separate files, since only VMDK file is needed in later steps. At the end of the day, VM compatibility and virtual Hardware refer to the same thing. A VM can be export as a single OVA file, or two separate files (OVF file + VMDK file). Luckily, a coworker had VMWare Workstation and exported a basic VMWare-compatible virtual. However, you can restore a virtual machine in VMware Workstation Player. First you need to export the VM, which contains the VMDK file you will need to transfer to the ESXi host. VMware Workstation Player does not support backup functionality. Backup and restore in VMware Workstation Player
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