Hi Mathias, thank you very much - which part of the doku did i miss so i didn't know about the web-access to the vmx files? > virsh (and libvirt) don't expose the .vmx files, so there is no way to > access them directly trough libvirt. You could get the domain XML > config and convert it to .vmx format using domxml-to-native, but that > doesn't give you the original .vmx file. > which command gives me the domain xml? dumpxml gives me an error message (expecting an assignment) - the other xml command need the vmx file i guess ... btw: do you think libvirt is an option for backup tasks around esxi virtual machines? or do you know another suitable tool? regards, frank -- GRATIS: Spider-Man 1-3 sowie 300 weitere Videos! Jetzt freischalten! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome