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dpmhyperv ExportVM Command--Export a VM

The dpmhyperv ExportVM command stores files having information of a VM to a directory on a Hyper-V host. This command is deprecated, use dpmhv ExportVMEx instead.

This command has the following format:

dpmhyperv ExportVM 
[-ws_user username] 
[-ws_password password] 
[-ws_encrypted_password] 
-hypervHost hostname 
-vm vm_name|-vmguid vm_ID 
-dest dest_location 
[-nostate] 
[-async] 
[-pre] 
[-post]
[-locale iso639value]

-ws_user username

(Optional) Specifies the CA Server Automation user name.

-ws_password password

(Optional) Specifies the CA Server Automation user password.

-ws_encrypted_password

(Optional) Indicates whether the CA Server Automation password is encrypted.

-hypervHost hostname

Specifies the name of the Hyper-V host.

-vm vm_name

Specifies the VM name.

-vmguid vm_ID

Specifies the unique GUID of the VM.

-dest dest_location

(Optional) Defines the destination location of the imported file.

-nostate

(Optional) Specifies that only the VM specification is exported. This option prevents the exported VM from trying to refer to the original VM disk images.

-pre

(Optional) Generates an event before the operation is complete.

-post

(Optional) Generates an event after the operation is complete.

-locale iso639value

(Optional) Specifies an IS0 639_3166 combination to override the default English output, for example, fr_FR for French. To use the locale of the command prompt, specify "native".

Example: Export a VM

This example stores files having information of the VM, "TestVM" from the Hyper-V host, "hserver."

dpmhv ExportVM -hypervHost hserver -vm TestVM -dest c:\DATA\Export