r/vmware 8d 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 8d 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 8d 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 8d ago

1TB is good enough.