Comments on: Use the VI Client Datastore Browser to Upload Files to ESX Hosts http://vmetc.com/2008/06/04/use-the-vi-client-datastore-browser-to-upload-files-to-esx-hosts/ Go Green with Virtualization. Go UGLY Green with vmetc.com. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:50:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Santhoshvarghese2003 http://vmetc.com/2008/06/04/use-the-vi-client-datastore-browser-to-upload-files-to-esx-hosts/comment-page-5/#comment-5915 Santhoshvarghese2003 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 01:40:00 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=408#comment-5915 Thank you.. It helped Thank you.. It helped

]]> By: Moonlight_mgh http://vmetc.com/2008/06/04/use-the-vi-client-datastore-browser-to-upload-files-to-esx-hosts/comment-page-5/#comment-5868 Moonlight_mgh Tue, 01 Mar 2011 07:34:00 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=408#comment-5868 Hi all. I have the same problem. I installed ESXi 4.1 on HP DL380 G7. I can easily copy small files into local data store but I have problem uploading large files (I/O error Occurred). The server traffic passes through a firewall but all ports are open between the source and destination. I enable ssh and try to copy the file with winSCP. It was successful. Also I try to copy the same file into another data store in the same zone again it was successful. Do any one have any idea what is the problem. Hi all. I have the same problem. I installed ESXi 4.1 on HP DL380 G7. I can easily copy small files into local data store but I have problem uploading large files (I/O error Occurred). The server traffic passes through a firewall but all ports are open between the source and destination. I enable ssh and try to copy the file with winSCP. It was successful. Also I try to copy the same file into another data store in the same zone again it was successful. Do any one have any idea what is the problem.

]]> By: Tony Merrigan http://vmetc.com/2008/06/04/use-the-vi-client-datastore-browser-to-upload-files-to-esx-hosts/comment-page-4/#comment-5866 Tony Merrigan Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:37:00 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=408#comment-5866 Thanks for the article, helped me a lot today. I Needed to more a VM to a new storage array and couldn't find the "move to" anywhere until I read this. Thanks for the article, helped me a lot today. I Needed to more a VM to a new storage array and couldn’t find the “move to” anywhere until I read this.

]]> By: Valliappan http://vmetc.com/2008/06/04/use-the-vi-client-datastore-browser-to-upload-files-to-esx-hosts/comment-page-4/#comment-5848 Valliappan Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:57:00 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=408#comment-5848 Thank you very much for the post Thank you very much for the post

]]> By: Ekfrancis http://vmetc.com/2008/06/04/use-the-vi-client-datastore-browser-to-upload-files-to-esx-hosts/comment-page-4/#comment-4934 Ekfrancis Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:27:00 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=408#comment-4934 Thank you much for this solution! Thank you much for this solution!

]]> By: rbrambley http://vmetc.com/2008/06/04/use-the-vi-client-datastore-browser-to-upload-files-to-esx-hosts/comment-page-4/#comment-4461 rbrambley Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:44:49 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=408#comment-4461 Felix,<br><br>That sounds more like a disk corruption or OS local problem. If ESXi<br>can't start a client can't connect to it - no matter what subnet you<br>try from :) Felix,

That sounds more like a disk corruption or OS local problem. If ESXi
can't start a client can't connect to it – no matter what subnet you
try from :)

]]> By: Felix http://vmetc.com/2008/06/04/use-the-vi-client-datastore-browser-to-upload-files-to-esx-hosts/comment-page-4/#comment-4423 Felix Thu, 27 May 2010 22:15:16 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=408#comment-4423 had some issue, when i power on ESXi I experience PXE-T01 File not found.. operating system not found..<br><br>what did it went wrong? Do I have to be on the same subnet? VMWare ESXi was on 192.168.102.x and the Vsphere client was install on 192.168.110.x. Does it make any different?<br><br>Thanks had some issue, when i power on ESXi I experience PXE-T01 File not found.. operating system not found..

what did it went wrong? Do I have to be on the same subnet? VMWare ESXi was on 192.168.102.x and the Vsphere client was install on 192.168.110.x. Does it make any different?

Thanks

]]> By: Rob http://vmetc.com/2008/06/04/use-the-vi-client-datastore-browser-to-upload-files-to-esx-hosts/comment-page-4/#comment-4147 Rob Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:06:40 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=408#comment-4147 Yeah - banged my head on the keyboard with SCP until I saw this. Here is the trick -><br><br>Enable SSH on the ESXi system (alt/f1, unsupported, root pw, edit inetd.conf, etc)<br>Do your vmkfstools -i on the primary vmdk file then gzip the cloned disk and use the VI browse datastore function to download the file.<br><br>Gzip turned a 12GB disk file (mostly empty space) into a 1GB file and it transferred in 3 minutes using the VI.<br><br>Cheers.<br><br>PS> Now testing transferring that cloned disk to a completely new host and building the exact same VMs. Doing this 16 times so I will make sure the hack works. Yeah – banged my head on the keyboard with SCP until I saw this. Here is the trick ->

Enable SSH on the ESXi system (alt/f1, unsupported, root pw, edit inetd.conf, etc)
Do your vmkfstools -i on the primary vmdk file then gzip the cloned disk and use the VI browse datastore function to download the file.

Gzip turned a 12GB disk file (mostly empty space) into a 1GB file and it transferred in 3 minutes using the VI.

Cheers.

PS> Now testing transferring that cloned disk to a completely new host and building the exact same VMs. Doing this 16 times so I will make sure the hack works.

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