Download files from vsphere

 · In older versions of VMware ESXi it was easy to download folders or datastores directly by using the VMware vSphere Client. In newer versions like you have to use the Web Client, and here the only option is to download individual files. As seen in the picture below, the “Download” button will be grayed [ ]Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins.  · You should now be connected to the ESXi host. As you can see from the image above on the left are the documents on the local machine and on the right are the documents of the host. To upload a file or folder to the ESXi host you first need .  · As you can see, the files or folders dragged/dropped will be copied by the guest OS from a folder with a weird name. In fact, when you use drag and drop, the VMware tools temporarily copy the data into a subfolder "vmware-xxxx\VMwareDnD" of the temporary folder of the guest OS. VMware file sharing on Windows.

When you download a virtual disk from the ESXi datastore with VMware HTML5 vSphere Client, these two files are packed into a one zip archive. As an alternative, you can enable SSH access to your ESXi host, go to the datastore directory and copy both virtual disk files to your computer manually by using an SCP client, for instance, WinSCP. Custom support bundle - user has been given to select information to include provided in manifest files. Export ESXi/VM Logs: User can separately download log bundle for single ESXi/VM by clicking on same action menu item on respective object. It opens a single page modal which is similar with second step of VC log export window. If you are connected to vCenter Server, select Include information from vCenter Server and vSphere Web Client to download vCenter Server and vSphere Web Client log files and host log files, and click Next.; If the selected host supports manifest driven exports of system log files, select the system log files to collect. Select the specific system log files to download.

By using an ISO file I can easily mount it on the VMs CD/DVD drive and then access the files without having to copy them to the VM’s file system. This is the same method by which VMware Tools is installed on a VM, the VMware Tools install binaries are mounted from a special mount point on the host disk partition to the CD/DVD drive of a VM so. If you are connected to vCenter Server, select Include information from vCenter Server and vSphere Web Client to download vCenter Server and vSphere Web Client log files and host log files, and click Next. If the selected host supports manifest driven exports of system log files, select the system log files to collect. Select the target datastore. Click the folder that contains the file that you want to download. The available files in the folder are displayed. Click the file that you want to download. Click Download. The file is downloaded to your system. Click Close to exit the file browser. Parent topic: Using Datastore File Browser in the VMware Host Client.