Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI/aSV)

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Export Virtual Machine

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Description

This section instructs the administrator to export the virtual machine image file in OVA or VMA format.

Precautions

Only HCI 5.2 and below support exporting VMA format. HCI version 5.2 and above supports exporting virtual machine files in OVA or VMA format.

Shared virtual disks will be excluded during export.

Prerequisites

Virtual machine shutdown.

Steps

  1. Click the virtual machine name in the virtual machine list on the Compute page to enter the virtual machine information page.

  1. Click More > More > Export, the Export VM page will pop up, and select the exported file format.

If the OVA format is selected during export, you need to select the OVA format version. Different versions of OVA run different VMware versions. For details, see the prompt selection on the interface.

  1. Click Export, and start exporting the virtual machine. After some time, the export is complete.