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Novice I

9 months ago

Solved

Long shot, but here goes: Anyone know of a way to import an unmanaged volume into VMware?

I know there's an ImportUnmanagedSnapshot API call you can make, but I can't find any clear documentation on how to use it.

cmautner
9 months ago
We conduct an automation workshop in Professional Services which can walk you through the whole process using PowerCLI and our APIs.

Cody_Hosterman
Puritan
9 months ago
Generally i just recommend creating a blank vVol and overwriting it from the snap/volume
Cody_Hosterman
Puritan
9 months ago
VMware plans to deprecate that API if i recall. But this is all there is https://www.codyhosterman.com/2017/04/importing-a-vvol-snapshot-with-powercli/|https://www.codyhosterman.com/2017/04/importing-a-vvol-snapshot-with-powercli/ https://developer.broadcom.com/xapis/virtual-infrastructure-json-api/latest/sdk/vim25/release/VirtualDiskManager/moId/ImportUnmanagedSnapshot/post/|https://developer.broadcom.com/xapis/virtual-infrastructure-json-api/latest/sdk/vim25/release/VirtualDiskManager/moId/ImportUnmanagedSnapshot/post/
richard_lawson
Novice I
9 months ago
Thanks.
cmautner
Puritan
9 months ago
We conduct an automation workshop in Professional Services which can walk you through the whole process using PowerCLI and our APIs.