I can't export my VM

[Louis3]

Hi, I would like to export my VM, except that when I click Export, the task appears as Running but nothing happens. I'm running ESXi 8.0

[Maks Roshchyna]

Have you tried to export VM via WinSCP? 

[aurora-chase]

Try to manually export the VM:

ovftool vi://username:password@esxi_hostname_or_ip/VM_name /path/to/exported_vm.ova
Replace username, password, esxi_hostname_or_ip, VM_name, and /path/to/exported_vm.ova with your actual values.

[Stephen Thatcher]

I am having exactly the same issue. The export log says running but nothing is actually happening. I can only close the running icon. I am new to this but where would I run the ovftool url from? Is ovftool a seperate VMWare tool?

Thank you.