This method is my favorite one of using VMware Vsphere powercli to upload files on datastore, VMWARE VSPHERE POWERCLI INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION STEP BY STEP. first use Connect-VIServer command to login either vCenter or Esxi server where you want to upload copy file. Drag and drop the selected file to right hand side on ESXi server, All the datastores are mounted under /vmfs/volumess. Login to the ESXi using root password or with domain account. In the next method, File can be uploaded using winscp or any other tool which supports SCP protocol, to use winscp enable SSH service on the esxi first VMWARE SECURITY BEST PRACTICES: POWERCLI ENABLE OR DISABLE ESXI SSH. Resolved: Reset Esxi forgotten root password using hiren bootCD step by step Reset ESXi root password using Host Profiles on vCenter server: VMWare vSphere Web client Reset forgotten ESXi root password on Domain joined Esxi using vSphere web client and Powercli As shown in the screenshot, go to storage, double click the the datastore where you want to copy files, select Datastore browser, next from the wizard upload the file, it takes time based on file size.

Files can be copied on directly connected Esxi.

In case if you have standalone Esxi server and no vCenter is available, connect directly to Esxi using url. Next you can monitor the progress of uploading file on selected datastore. Next this shows the Files and folder inside select datastore, click upload a file to the Datastore button. This popup opens new browse file wizard, From list select the file you want to upload and click open. Login to Vmware Vsphere web client, Select Esxi server or datastore, on the Configure tab / Manage tab for esxi, Select Storage/ Datastores, right click datastore, where you want to upload files, click Browse Files from context menu. Ifyou are using VMWare vSphere web client to upload files to datastore, make sure DNS server entry is added for esxi server in DNS server Here in this article, I am showing 3 different methods to upload files to VMware datastores, You can use these methods to copy offline bundle zip, VIB, VMDK or ISO files. Copying files to VMware Datastores is an easy task.

Hdclone vmdk to esxi