[virt-tools-list] virt-v2v question involving esx

[Kenneth Armstrong]

Right, I was just thinking if I could download the disk images that
way to my RHEL host, then power the vm back up while I run virt-v2v on
the locally downloaded vmdk files instead of tying up the vm.

-Kenny

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Matthias Bolte
<matthias.bolte at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 2011/3/16 Kenneth Armstrong <digimars at gmail.com>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a vm on an esx server that I want to convert using virt-v2v.  I
>> know that it can connect to the esx server and copy the vmdk files
>> down to do its conversion, but can I just use wget or something like
>> that to copy the vmdk files down first, then use virt-v2v to convert
>> the vm?
>
> You can access the datastores of an ESX server over HTTPS.
>
> Open https://your-esx-server.com/folder in you favorite browser.
>
> Matthias
>