how to move templates between datastores
Hi there, I have 10 VM templates on a datastore and would like to move all templates to a different datastore. What is the Best way to move templates between datastores? Thanks.
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View ArticlePurging old tasks/events in VirtualCenter
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View Articlemultiple essentials plus licenses - Quick Q
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View ArticleNo Inventory in WebClient (while vSphere Client is fine)
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View ArticlevCenter Server 5.5 Getting Started (with 4TB VMFS datastores)
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View ArticleSome VMs not showing in vcenter
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View ArticleConnectivity issues to hosts over MPLS
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View ArticleUpdate Manager patch repository
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View ArticlevCenter 5.5 certificate replacement issue
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View Article"This host currently has no management network redundancy", but there is?
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View ArticlevCSA 6.0 install failure - unable to connect to ESXi Server
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So I have the vCenter linux appliance latest version (5.1U1) but I have seen this before on earlier releases too.On the console I have errors like below=========================================fsck...
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