Export a Virtual Machine to Removable Media

To use a preloaded seed for configuring a migration, you must export a virtual machine to removable media and provide it to your service provider.

Prerequisites

• Verify that you have sufficient user privileges in the vSphere Web Client to power off a virtual machine.

• Verify that you have the VMware OVF Tool installed and configured.

Procedure

1. Power off the virtual machine in the on-premise environment by using the vSphere Web Client.
2. Run the following command to export the virtual machine from a vCenter Server to a removable media.

   ovftool 'vi://root@VC_IP/Datacenter_Name/vm/VM_FQDN' VM_FQDN.ova

   You can power on the virtual machine, after the process finishes.

3. Provide the removable media containing the exported virtual machine files to your service provider.