The Start-VMExport
command initiates the launch of a virtual export from the selected recovery point to a VMware Workstaation server virtual machine.
Required parameters include the name of the protected machine containing recovery points to export; the name of the virtual machine you are exporting to; the amount of RAM to be allocated on the virtual machine; and the path to the local or network, folder where the resulting virtual machine files will be stored.
Usage
The usage for the command is as follows:
Start-VMExport -core -user [user name] -password [password] -protectedserver [machine name] or [IP address]] -volumes [volume names] -rpn [number | numbers] | -time [time string] -vmname [virtual machine name] [-ram [total megabytes] | -usesourceram] -linuxhostnme [linux hostname] -hostport [linux port] -targetpath [location] pathusername [user name] - pathpassword [password]
Command Options
The following table describes the options available for the Start-
VMExport
command:
Option | Description |
---|---|
-? |
Display this help message. |
-core |
Optional. Remote Core host machine IP address (with an optional port number). By default the connection is made to the Core installed on the local machine. |
-user |
Optional. User name for the remote Core host machine. If you specify a user name, you also have to provide a password. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. |
-password |
Optional. Password to the remote Core host machine. If you specify a password, you also have to provide a user name. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. |
-protectedserver |
Protected machine with recovery points to be exported. |
-volumes |
Optional. List of volume names to be exported. If not specified, all volumes in the specified recovery points will be exported. Values must be enclosed in double quotes, each separated by a space. do not use trailing slashes in volume names. For example, specify “C:” not “C:/” |
-rpn |
Optional. The sequential number of a recovery point to be exported. (You can use the Get-RecoveryPoints command to obtain recovery point numbers.
Note: If neither ‘time’ nor ‘rpn’ option is specified in this command, than the most recent recovery point will be exported. |
-time |
Optional. Determines recovery point to be selected for export. You need to specify exact time in the format “MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm tt” (for example: “04/24/2015 09:00 AM”).” Specify date time values of the time zone set on your local machine.
Note: If neither ‘time’ nor ‘rpn’ option is specified in this command, than the most recent recovery point will be exported. |
-vmname |
Windows name of the virtual machine. |
-ram |
Allocate specific amount of RAM on the virtual server. |
-usesourceram |
Optional. Allocate the same amount of RAM on the virtual server as the source protected machine. |
-targetpath |
Local or network or Linux path to the folder where the virtual machine files are to be stored. |
-pathusername |
User name for network machine. Only required when you specify network path in parameter -targetpath . |
-pathpassword |
Password for network machine. Only required when you specify network path in parameter -targetpath . |
-version |
Version of VMware Tools to use. Valid versions are: 7, 8, 9, and 10. |
Example:
Export all volumes from the latest recovery point on machine 10.10.12.97 to a VM called NewVMwareVM:
>Start-VBExport -protectedserver 10.10.12.97 -vmname NewVMWareVM -ram usesourceram -targetpath D:/exports