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 Uploadafilefromtheclientcomputertoadatastore.
 Downloadafilefromadatastoretotheclientcomputer.
 Deleteorrenamefilesonadatastore.
TheDatastoreBrowseroperatesinamannersimilartofilesystemapplicationslike
WindowsExplorer.Itsupportsmanycommonfilesystemoperations,including
copying,cutting,andpastingfiles.TheDatastoreBrowserdoesnotsupport
drag‐and‐dropoperations.
Fordetailedinstructionsonusingthe
DatastoreBrowser,seetheVIClientonlinehelp.
About Copying Virtual Machine Disks
YoucanusetheDatastoreBrowsertocopyvirtualmachinediskfilesbetweenhosts.
Diskfilesarecopiedas‐is,withoutanyformatconversion.Diskscopiedfromonetype
ofhosttoadifferenttypeofhostmightrequireconversionbeforetheycanbeusedon
thenewhost.
Youcan
downloadvirtualdisksfromadatastoretolocalstorage,butyoucannot
uploadvirtualdisksfromlocalstoragetoadatastore,becausethediskformatcannot
beverifiedduringtheupload.
Performing an Initial Datacenter Consolidation
VirtualCenterincludesafeaturethatenablesyoutobuildyourinventorybyimporting
physicalsystemsintoVirtualCenterasvirtualmachines.Thisfeatureoffersaquick,
automatedwayofpopulatinganewvirtualenvironment.Fordetails,see
“ConsolidatingtheDatacenter”onpage 129.