Exporting a Running Virtual Machine or vApp from vSphere

You must power off a virtual machine or vApp before exporting it. The following example locates the virtual machine or vApp based on its DNS name through the vCenter Server and powers it off:

> ovftool --powerOffSource vi://MyvCenterServer/?dns=test-vm test-vm.ova

Note:

This option does not perform a shutdown of the operating system. This is only a power off operation.