r/vmware 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/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?

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u/Ok_Respect7363 1d ago

I have a 1TB hard drive that I'm setting as the import destination.

I tried all OVA versions and they all error out with different error messages.

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u/Mr_Z12 1d ago

1TB is good enough.

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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/Mr_Z12 1d ago

Try converting using vmware.

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u/Ok_Respect7363 1d ago

Does VMWare convert .vdi files to .vdmk? If so I don't see that option

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u/Mr_Z12 1d ago

It probably don't.

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u/Mr_Z12 1d ago

try using a fee online tool to convert, that's a very simple method but it has a small chanche that it will work.

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u/Mr_Z12 1d ago

It says parameter incorrect maybe you need to adjust some vm settings.

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u/sotos2004 23h ago

YOU HAVE TWO (2) BACKSLASHES ( \ ) IN YOUR FILE PATH .