- Create new VM
- Note the VM ID
- If you have a .ova or .ovf file, you simply need to do the following to extract the vmdk:
-
tar -xvf *.ova
- Import the disk into the vmid of the new vm
-
qm importdisk targetvmid disk001.vmdk local -format qcow2
or
qm importdisk targetvmid disk001.vmdk local-lvm -format qcow2
Depending on the storage you have setup.
- It’s also worth noting that at least on my particular homelab setup, running the qm importdisk command brought the server to it’s knees until the import completes.
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PowerCLI – Get a VM’s Disks
PowerCLI snippets to get a VM’s disks
This command will retrieve the specified VM’s attached disk paths:
Get-HardDisk -VM Guest-VM-Name-Here
But we can also focus on the filename:
PowerCLI C:\> Get-HardDisk -VM VM-core | Select-Object Parent,Name,Filename Filename -------- [EMC2_Tier2_Replicated_VMFS1] VM-core/VM-core_16.vmdk [EMC_Tier2_NotReplicated_VMFS11] VM-core/VM-core_7.vmdk [EMC2_Tier2_Replicated_VMFS3] VM-core/VM-core_14.vmdk [EMC2_Tier2_Replicated_VMFS1] VM-core/VM-core_2.vmdk [EMC2_Tier2_Replicated_VMFS4] VM-core/VM-core_5.vmdk [EMC2_Tier2_Replicated_VMFS4] VM-core/VM-core_1.vmdk [EMC_Tier2_Replicated_VMFS2] VM-core/VM-core_17.vmdk [EMC2_Tier2_Replicated_VMFS1] VM-core/VM-core_1.vmdk [EMC2_Tier2_Replicated_VMFS1] VM-core/VM-core.vmdk [EMC2_Tier2_Replicated_VMFS4] VM-core/VM-core_10.vmdk [EMC2_Tier2_Replicated_VMFS4] VM-core/VM-core_3.vmdk [EMC2_Tier2_Replicated_VMFS3] VM-core/VM-core.vmdk
We can also see the other columns available:
PowerCLI C:\> Get-HardDisk -VM VM-core | Get-Member
TypeName: VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.VirtualDevice.FlatHardDiskImpl
Name MemberType Definition
---- ---------- ----------
ConvertToVersion Method T VersionedObjectInterop.ConvertToVersion[T]()
Equals Method bool Equals(System.Object obj)
GetHashCode Method int GetHashCode()
GetType Method type GetType()
IsConvertableTo Method bool VersionedObjectInterop.IsConvertableTo(type type)
LockUpdates Method void ExtensionData.LockUpdates()
ToString Method string ToString()
UnlockUpdates Method void ExtensionData.UnlockUpdates()
CapacityGB Property decimal CapacityGB {get;}
CapacityKB Property long CapacityKB {get;}
Client Property VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Interop.V1.VIAutomation Client {get;}
ConnectionState Property VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.VirtualDevice.ConnectInfo ConnectionState {get;}
DiskType Property VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.VirtualDevice.DiskType DiskType {get;}
ExtensionData Property System.Object ExtensionData {get;}
Filename Property string Filename {get;}
Id Property string Id {get;}
Name Property string Name {get;}
Parent Property VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk.Types.V1.VIObject Parent {get;}
ParentId Property string ParentId {get;}
Persistence Property VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.VirtualDevice.PersistencePolicy Persistence {get;}
StorageFormat Property VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.VirtualDevice.VirtualDiskStorageFormat StorageFormat {get;}
Uid Property string Uid {get;}
We could also do something like get the Disk paths for all guests:
PowerCLI C:\> Get-VM -Location $datacenter | ForEach-Object {Get-HardDisk -VM $_.Name | Select-Object Parent,Name,Filename}
Parent Name Filename
------ ---- --------
REDACTEDADCSVR01 Hard disk 1 [EMC2_Tier1_NotReplicated_VMFS3] REDACTEDADCSVR01/disk0-000001.vmdk
REDACTEDUTLSVR Hard disk 1 [EMC2_Tier1_NotReplicated_VMFS3] REDACTEDUTLSVR/disk0-000001.vmdk
RP-BATCHMASTER2 Hard disk 1 [EMC2_Tier1_NotReplicated_VMFS3] RP-BATCHMASTER2/disk0-000001.vmdk
RP-TS02 Hard disk 1 [EMC2_Tier1_NotReplicated_VMFS1] REDACTED/disk0-000001.vmdk
REDACTEDFMSVR01 Hard disk 1 [EMC2_Tier1_NotReplicated_VMFS3] REDACTEDFMSVR01/disk0-000001.vmdk
REDACTEDSVR01 Hard disk 1 [EMC2_Tier1_NotReplicated_VMFS3] REDACTED/disk0-000001.vmdk
REDACTEDSVR01 Hard disk 2 [EMC2_Tier1_NotReplicated_VMFS3] REDACTED/disk1-000001.vmdk