Free ESXi: host removed from the inventory... How to re - add?

1. I created a new local client as a test using the free ESXi and included Infrastructure Client 2.5.0

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2. I stopped, went to the inventory list and chosen to remove inventory

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3. I can see all the files are still present on the data store...

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3B. this part incidentally is enough 'fun' to understand. There is no option menu anywhere to access the data store. The only way I found is to double click on the small icon...

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4. How can I add this virtual machine in the inventory list and resume using this client I created with only the free ESXi tools?

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It seems that my only option to get a customer that is running is to make a new, or to "import" a via a weird file called a format *. OVF. Which is strange because that esxi uses not this format of its own client local file, as shown above in the data store.

So, is the absence of a dialogue "Open existing VM" how VMWare is shooting free users in the foot?  It's the hidden gotcha that they use to force me to upgrade infrastructure for $3000 +, just to get a dialog box "open existing virtual machine"?

-Melanie Dale

Hi DMahalko, to add a virtual machine to inventory (re-record with the host country), you select the .vmx file in the window of the data store and click on the button all the way to the left of the toolbar in data store of the browser (the one with the logo of VMware as its icon). Who will start the wizard to add back to your inventory.

For later use, you can also use the 'Search' tab in the browser of data store to find all the virtual machines in a data store. Simply select "Virtual Machines" in the drop-down and she will show you all virtual machines out there (including those who are already in the inventory). Hope that helps!

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-Amit

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