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the 'vmdk' disk image between virtualbox & vmware
Posted: 23. Sep 2013, 16:50
by Mountain
Can the vmware " *.vmdk" disk image load onto virtualbox?
and also the opposite,
Can the " *.vmdk" disk image created under virtualbox load in vmware?
Re: the 'vmdk' disk image between virtualbox & vmware
Posted: 23. Sep 2013, 16:54
by mpack
VirtualBox can create and access VMDK format disks. The container format is standardized and hence should be portable in both directions.
However the contents of the disk may or may not be portable between the two platforms, you can only try it and see. VirtualBox does not always emulate the same hardware as VMWare, there are some settings that have different defaults, features such as guest tools AKA Guest Additions can cause portability problems. Some features such as snapshots are not easily portable in either direction.