finalize_vm_recovery

The command is available only for an ESXi machine that is running from a backup. The command makes this machine permanent, i.e. recovers all of its virtual disks, along with the changes that occurred while the machine was running, to the datastore that stores these changes.

Examples

Parameters

{--vmid=<virtual machine ID>|--vmname=<virtual machine name>|--vmconfig=<path>}
--vmprovisioning_mode={thin|thick}
--new_vmname=<virtual machine name>

New name for the machine. If the parameter is not specified, the finalized virtual machine will have the same name as the original one.

General parameters

--log=<full path>
--log_format={structured|unstructured}
--progress
{-f|--file_params}=<full local path>

Access to a remote machine

--host=<IP address or hostname>
--credentials=<user name>,<password>,encrypted

Access to a specific service within a machine

--service={mms|ams}