Older Linux with VMware to new Linux with VirtualBox

[swmcl]

Hi,

Over the years, I have spent good money buying and having to upgrade VMware. One cannot run an older copy of VMware on a newer version of Linux. This is quite intentional on the part of VMware. The cost of always upgrading is wearing thin.

I would like to shift various VMs from VMware to VirtualBox without destroying them and their activations. As you may be aware, neither XP nor Win7 are supported by Windows anymore. It is best to not destroy their credentials !!

Is there a method of transferring the VMware machines to VirtualBox without re-activation ?? These machines have have been used for a long time with a lot of data and configurations that will not be possible to repeat.

Rgds,
Steve

[mpack]

Is there a method of transferring the VMware machines to VirtualBox without re-activation ?

You will have to experiment with that yourself, as few of us are VMWare afficionados. Obviously, you'll start by making the new VM as much like the old VM as possible, so take a bit of time before launching the VM.

p.s. AFAIK Win7 can still be reactivated. There are more doubts around XP, though it is said that telephone activation still works.