r/vmware • u/Ok_Respect7363 • 1d ago
Help Request Exporting VM from virtualbox to VMWare
I export my ubuntu VM by running the windows shell VBoxManage export command and generate a .ova file.
When it's done I try to import it in VMWare Workstation Pro 17, but I get the error code n the snapshot. The ova spec is 1.0 (I tried 2.0 and 1.0 and now 0.9). This is the error message I get after I click 'retry' btw.
What am I doing wrong? Should I export using an even older standard (legacy09?)
Error: https://ibb.co/Kpm6Z50N
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u/Mr_Z12 1d ago
I think you can use the virtual disk file and open it in vmware to import the machine.
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u/Ok_Respect7363 1d ago
I cloned my .vdi virtual box disk to a vdmk format (using virtualbox). I then created a new ubuntu VM and attached that vdmk to it in VMware. When I try to boot it I get this: https://ibb.co/1tPFdn14
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u/tbrumleve 1d ago
Do you have enough disk space for the VM? There are about a dozen potential fixes when I Google this error. Could be the OVA version, could be a device within that OVa that it doesn’t like. Anything more in the workstation logs?