Vcenter download file from datastore

There does not appear to be a way to download an entire folder from the vSphere Web Client or from the Embedded Host UI fling whether or not the Client Integration Plug-in is installed. Here's how to tell if the Client Integration Plug-in is active. Note that it can be installed but not active, depending on whether it's being blocked by your browser and other factors.

It's one of the things about the Web Client that drives people mad! I have to say though that I'm confused about your screenshot I apologize in advance for my ignorance. Two of those, for example, are supporting OVF deployments and allowing standalone console sessions not browser embedded. I think the original function of the Plug-in, however, was allowing you to use your currently logged in Windows credentials to log into the Web Client. If you add your Windows domain as an identity source in the Web Client, you can connect using Windows credentials.

With the Plug-in running, that becomes just a matter of checking the box and clicking the Logon button. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. What am I missing? VMware vSphere VMware vCenter Server Best Answer. Thai Pepper. JeffNew This person is a verified professional. Thanks for the information. This is exactly the problem that i was trying to solve. But i wanted some help regarding the use of the AcquireGenericServiceTicket method.

While i was able to download the file for the ESX host version 5. Is this method specific to any host version or we need to enable anything on the esx host for this to work.

Thanks for the reply. So it should work on all the 5. But it seems that this api is not working on the 5. It always fails when trying to acquire the ticket. Below is the error that i get from the logs. Are we required to configure any settings on the ESX host for this to work?

I don't have a 5. Have you had any luck getting this working with 5. I have access to a 5. With 5. However, when I try against my 5. Thanks for posting this. This is going to help me get around a nasty situation I just ran into Which also leads to a possible improvement to your efficient script.

It'd probably be worth verifying the host's runtime. I noticed Filezilla worked perfects. Simply put FileZilla was a star. Looks like you are using an octet-stream http put - currently doing the same here.

I am intermitantly having problems putting large files on some of my testing environments. It is probobly due to wacky network trafficin these environemnts.

Do the http puts accept encoding or chunking? Chunking would be sweet. That seems useful, but I see no explanation on how to create that config file? Hi, i have a very low bandwidth, 1mb and takes 10hrs to copy iso to datastore on remote esxi.

Very interesting article, thanks William! Is there a difference on the way vCenter access these datastores comparing vSphere 5. The transfer is then very fast as being local I guess between the ESXi host and the storage array.

The transfer is then very slow, going back and forth between the vCenter in country A and the ESXi host being in country B.