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virtual disk. Since the console operating system has a maximum file size of 2GB, this

command is not useful for large disk images; use exportfile instead. However,

exportraw is useful for distributing incremental updates to a disk image. If the disk

image is used in undoable or append mode, then a redo log file is created. The name

of that file is derived by appending .REDO to the name of the associated disk image

file. The redo log contains the incremental changes to the disk image. The contents of

the redo log can be copied to the file system of the console operating system using

the exportraw command. The redo log can then be transported to a remote site

and copied to the SCSI disk that contains a copy of the original disk image with the

importraw command. The contents of the redo log can then be merged into the

copy of the disk image using the commit command.

-I --importraw <srcFile>

Import the exact contents of the specified file on the console operating system to the

specified file on the specified SCSI device. This command differs from importfile

in that it copies the source file exactly. As explained in the discussion of exportraw

above, the combination of exportraw and importraw is useful for distributing

incremental updates to a disk image.

-l --list

List the files on the file system on the specified device, including their permissions,

sizes and last-modified times.

-r --removefile

Remove the specified file from the file system on the specified device.

-r --renamefile <newName>

Rename the specified VMFS file to the specified new name.

-m --commit

Commit the redo log of the specified file, making the associated changes permanent.

The redo log is created when a file is used in undoable mode or append mode via a

virtual machine. The name of the redo log is derived by appending .REDO to the

name of the file that contains the base disk image. The changes to the disk that are

stored in the redo log can either be committed using the commit option or be

eliminated by removing the redo-log file using the remove option.

-w --createswapfile #[mMkK]

Create a swap file with the specified size on the VMFS file system of the specified SCSI

device. The size is specified in bytes by default, but can be specified in kilobytes or

megabytes by adding a suffix of k or m respectively. ESX Server immediately starts

using the swap file after it is created. This command is also used to activate an existing

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