HP BL680c XenServer Virtual Machine Installation 4.1.0 - Page 13

Creating VMs, The import process will probably take some time. When finished

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Creating VMs xe vm-import -h -u -pw \ filename= sr-uuid= You can also preserve the MAC address of the original VM by adding the optional preserve set to true: xe vm-import -h -u -pw \ filename= preserve=true 2. The import process will probably take some time. When finished, the command prompt returns the UUID of the newly-imported VM. 8

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Creating VMs
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xe vm-import -h <hostname> -u <root> -pw <password> \
filename=<pathname of export file> sr-uuid=<UUID of target SR>
You can also preserve the MAC address of the original VM by adding the optional
preserve
set to
true
:
xe vm-import -h <hostname> -u <root> -pw <password> \
filename=<pathname of export file> preserve=true
2.
The import process will probably take some time. When finished, the command prompt returns the
UUID of the newly-imported VM.