copy of a VM

[98616722]

Hi Guys,

I am attempting to give a copy of a virtual machine to someone outside our network. We are running virtual center 2.5.
That last time I did this, it was a 30 GB vm, and it took 2 days (and reconfiguring the permissions on the vm's folder) to copy the files to a location on the network, before we ftp'ed it offsite.

What alternatives have I? Are there any packages that would allow me achieve what I need?

All help really appreciated.

thanks,

 

[egodette]

I use winscp381.exe... I stop the VM. Then copy the vm*.* files to my local hard drive. ZIP them and send them. 25GB should not take more than a couple of hours.

 

[ITJohn3]

One exellent thing about VM's is the compression. A 30 gig VM could easily compress down to 10GB or even less.

John Sorensen
Network/Systems Admin

http://it-john.com

 

[nhidalgo]

You could create an OVF package.

http://www.vmware.com/appliances/learn/ovf.html

 

[98616722]

Thanks everyone.

what i ended up doin was to: download and enable the vmware converter client, which allowed me to shrink the partitions down to minimal and export/copy off the files after. a quick zip and all worked ok. i had looked at some of the above but must try others. the OVF package looks useful.
thanks again,

I love these steep (vertical) learning curves