One of the biggest challenges that I have had using VMWare's ESXi server in my home lab is efficiently backup up a VM Image. At times I want to take a snapshot of a machine to back it up or take it to another machine that I might be working with. The most obvious way to move a machine is to use the the Datastore Browser through the web interface into the ESXi host. Select … [Read more...] about HowTo: Backup your VMs off an ESXi Server
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HowTo: Split VMWare VMDKs into 2GB Chunks
Did you already create a VMware machine and want to split your disk into 2GB chunks so that you put it on a FAT thumb drive to move somewhere? Today we generally do not have to worry about moving files over FAT media anymore, but there is always that one time when you need to do it. If you have spaces in your path/filename make sure you include your path/filename in … [Read more...] about HowTo: Split VMWare VMDKs into 2GB Chunks