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SAGARSINGHA 11-09-2017 12:24 AM
Want to create linux iso image from VM which is running on esxi server
 
Hi,

I am having Ubuntu 16.04 VM with my own trimmed kernel image ,which is running on ESXI server.My requirement is to create an iso image from that VM. I have tried to convert the vmdk file to convert which is not possible I think so :( .

Please help!!!

business_kid 11-11-2017 10:59 AM
Have you shared storage with the host?

If so, in the guest (presuming a barebones unix OS) use 'cp -a' or 'rsync -a' to copy all stationery directories to shared storage (minus /proc, /sys, /dev, etc); Get in on your host to /var/log and cut out the logs '> syslog' etc. Then add the basic devices to /dev and make an iso of that.

jefro 11-11-2017 02:22 PM
An iso is a term usually for optical disc images in some format.

Do you really want this in an iso format or do you really mean some form of image or copy?


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