Cannot copy/paste large amounts of data from/to a virtual machine clipboard using the Virtual Machine Console
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Article ID: 343275
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VMware vCenter ServerVMware vSphere ESXi
Issue/Introduction
Symptoms:
When using the a Virtual Machine Console, opened from the vSphere Client or vSphere Web Client, copying/pasting large amounts of data from/to the virtual machine's clipboard fails.
This issue does not occur if you copy/paste the same amount of data through a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) session.
This issue occurs as the copy/paste feature of the Virtual Machine Console is limited to 64 KB of plain text.
Resolution
This is a known limitation of the product.
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