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 ###First you need to create a server profile under the LDAP section. DEVICE>Server Profiles>LDAP then click on the Add down at the bo...

Friday, May 11, 2018

Simple PowerCLI Backup for OVA/OVF

  • Before performing this process, make sure you have your VM CD-Rom not pointing to a datastore and pointed to the “Client Device” and have the CD Rom disconnected. Having the CD-Rom pointed to a datastore can cause problems.
  • Open PowerShell ISE in Administrator Mode
  •  Open the "Initialize-PowerCLIEnvironment.ps1 script located at C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\PowerCLI\Scripts
    •  This will be here after you installed PowerCLI
  • In order to get the Power CLI to connect to servers on the network, you have to bypass the certificate error by putting in the following code:
    •  Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore
  •  Then you can connect to your server with the following command:
    •   Connect-VIServer -Server x.x.x.x -User vsphere.local\example - Password XXXXXXX
  • Once this is done, you can now start your exporting of your OVA/OVF with the next steps.
  •  Make sure you know your destination folder and the name of your VM from vCenter. Once you have this, perform the following command:
    •  Get-VM –Name ExampleTest | Export-VApp –Destination C:\Users\Example\Desktop –Format Ovf or ova

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