This article describes how to export a XenServer Virtual Machine (VM) to a USB storage device.

Instructions

Complete the following steps:

1. Use the fdisk -l command to determine the device file to use for the USB mass storage device. In the following screen shot, the device file is “/dev/sdb1”. 

   

2. Create a subdirectory called “usb”, using the following command.\:
   mkdir /mnt/usb

3. Mount the device file from step 1 by using the following command:
   mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb

   

   Note: The mass storage device should be formatted before it is remounted with the following command:
   mkfs –t ext3 /dev/sdb1

4. Export a VM using the XAPI with the following command:
   xe vm-export vm=<Name of VM> filename=<Name of file ending in “.xva”>

   

5. To see the file and its size, use the following command:
   ls –l

   

6. Unmount the USB drive using the following command:
   umount /mnt/usb

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