hello all,
i had some guests running on Vmware, but i moved them to my Imac, successfully, where i run VirtualBox 5.1.30.
they are .vmdk files, with a text .vmdk file, which helped me to import them to VirtualBox.
Now its time to move them to a Debian 9, running VirtualBox 5.2
I have setup the host, everything works, but i tried to transfer a host there and failed. I think that .vmdk files are not supported on Linux VirtualBox..
Is there any guide, anything i have to take care before moving them to the Linux host ?
regards,
George
[Solved] Moving guests from Macos to Linux..
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[Solved] Moving guests from Macos to Linux..
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Re: Moving guests from Macos to Linux..
How and why? How did you try to transfer them, and why did it fail, what was the failure?paok1926 wrote:i tried to transfer a host there and failed.
Not a true statement.paok1926 wrote:I think that .vmdk files are not supported on Linux VirtualBox.
I thought you'd never ask!paok1926 wrote:Is there any guide, anything i have to take care before moving them to the Linux host ?
There is a guide which is for all hosts, there's nothing Linux specific: "Moving a VM".
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Re: Moving guests from Macos to Linux..
hello,
this article is about moving a VM between hosts with a graphic environment..
in my case, i want to move some guests, from a host with a graphic environment to a host without..
this article is about moving a VM between hosts with a graphic environment..
in my case, i want to move some guests, from a host with a graphic environment to a host without..
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Re: Moving guests from Macos to Linux..
Adapt it. It's very obvious that you need command line equivalents of the command mentioned, so RTFM.
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[Solved] Re: Moving guests from Macos to Linux..
well.. this is the procedure i followed to move my VMs from Vmware (esxi 5.5) to Virtualbox (debian linux 9, headless, vbox 5.2), using my Imac (vbox 5.1)
I downloaded both files from vmware server, xxx.vmdk and xxx-flat.vmdk
I created a new VM on my Imac, using the xxx.vmdk file (it has all the info, about disks, etc)
I got sure that the VM was working on Imac, so i exported it as .ova and transferred it to Linux.
then i used the following command to import it..
vboxmanage import --vsys 0 --unit 10 --disk /path to my images/xxx-disk001.vmdk ./xxx.ova
and everything works flawlessly
thank you very much all, for the support, especially, Socratis
I downloaded both files from vmware server, xxx.vmdk and xxx-flat.vmdk
I created a new VM on my Imac, using the xxx.vmdk file (it has all the info, about disks, etc)
I got sure that the VM was working on Imac, so i exported it as .ova and transferred it to Linux.
then i used the following command to import it..
vboxmanage import --vsys 0 --unit 10 --disk /path to my images/xxx-disk001.vmdk ./xxx.ova
and everything works flawlessly
thank you very much all, for the support, especially, Socratis
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Re: Moving guests from Macos to Linux..
Hey, I didn't write that moving HowTo, mpack did, but I'll take it
Glad you got it going. Marking as [Solved].
PS. I just noticed that you did mark your last reply as [Solved]. For future reference, you mark the 1st message in the thread, mainly because that's the one showing in the thread list, and in the search engine results. But thanks anyways...
Glad you got it going. Marking as [Solved].
PS. I just noticed that you did mark your last reply as [Solved]. For future reference, you mark the 1st message in the thread, mainly because that's the one showing in the thread list, and in the search engine results. But thanks anyways...
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Re: [Solved] Moving guests from Macos to Linux..
a small detail..
when you move a vm from Vmware to Virtualbox, dont forget to uninstall Vmware Tools, because you will be not able to shutdown Windows
if you do a VBoxManage controlvm <id> acpipowerbutton it ..restarts
(win xp + win 2k3)
when you move a vm from Vmware to Virtualbox, dont forget to uninstall Vmware Tools, because you will be not able to shutdown Windows
if you do a VBoxManage controlvm <id> acpipowerbutton it ..restarts
(win xp + win 2k3)
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Re: [Solved] Moving guests from Macos to Linux..
That's because you have configured your guest to do that? Have you double-checked in (usually) the Power Preferences? Something like "Choose what the power button does", or similar...paok1926 wrote:if you do a VBoxManage controlvm <id> acpipowerbutton it ..restarts
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