I don't know if you've already tried this... If you can, get ssh running on the machine, then get winscp running on your workstation, and copy off the machines that way.
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 11:42, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > As some of you may have noticed, I'm currently engaged in a battle with a > half-dead ESXi box....I'm on the verge of restoring from backup, but one > last try.... > > Does anyone know if there is any way to copy the virtual machine files from > the ESXi "tech support mode" console onto, say, a USB drive, or somewhere > else I might be able to load them onto a fresh ESXi install (this is because > I'm betting ESXi doesn't support USB removable drives, although I am happy > to be proved wrong)? The server isn't getting onto the network and there's > no shared storage so it would have to be a "local" solution of some kind. > > I'm at a new job so as I'm such a quiet guy I am not usually keen to ask too > many questions of as-yet-unfamiliar co-workers, so I'm leaning on the old > faithful mailing list pretty heavy here :-) > > If no joy, I'll be pulling out the first backup tape I've ever touched in a > long, long time.... > > TIA, > > > > JRR > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
