Hi I am new to ESXi world. I installed ESXi 5.0 server and installed also client version to my desktop. I need to copy a virtual machine 400 GB from USB drive to ESXi server but I could'nt find how to do it from client. I enabled SSH access. I entered the machine but fdisk -l do not work. How can I do it ? There is no virtual machine exists currently I want copy VM to local disk. Thanks
How to copy files from USB Flash Disk to ESXi 5 server
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Best Answer
If your VM is in ovf format you can use the vsphere client to import it into your ESXi using
File->Deploy OVF Template ...
then follow the prompts on the pop up window.If it's not in OVF format you can upload it to a datastore and then try to Add it to Inventory
In vSphere Client select the Summary Tab for the main server.
On the
Resources->Storage
panel right click on a device and selectBrowse datastore
.You can then use the datastore browser to create a folder
to upload files to
Select the files to upload and follow the prompts.
Once the files are uploaded you may be able to right click on them and select Add to Inventory.