I\u2019ve found more and more people are switching to Virtualbox these days and I keep running into the same question. \u00a0\u201dHow can I convert my VMware images to Virtualbox images?\u201d \u00a0Well, breath easy because it is possible and not very difficult!<\/p>\n
There are two methods that I am aware of that will allow you to use your VMware images on Virtualbox. \u00a0The first method I\u2019ll outline uses the graphical Virtualbox interface and the second uses the command line. Each method should be equally as stable, it simple depends on your preference.<\/p>\n
Method 1<\/strong><\/p>\n Start Virtualbox Method 2<\/strong> You\u2019ll new be able to convert a .vmdk (VMware image) to a .bin format, which can then be converted to a Virtualbox native .vdi format.<\/p>\n You\u2019ll then need to use the VBoxManage utility that comes with Virtualbox to convert the .bin to a native .vdi format:<\/p>\n You can now create your new Virtualbox machine profile, using this new .vdi file as your disk image.<\/p>\n Two methods for converting VMware images to Virtualbox images. \u00a0Are there any other methods that you can suggest, or have you had better experience with one or the other? \u00a0Let us know!<\/p>\n If this article has been helpful, please consider linking to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019ve found more and more people are switching to Virtualbox these days and I keep running into the same question. \u00a0\u201dHow can I convert my VMware images to Virtualbox images?\u201d \u00a0Well, breath easy because it is possible and not very difficult! There are two methods that I am aware of that will allow you to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ubuntu","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":2272,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karadere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karadere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karadere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karadere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karadere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.karadere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karadere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karadere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karadere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nInside the Virtualbox Menu click: File > Virtual Media Manager
\nClick on the \u201cAdd\u201d button.
\nLocate and select the VMware .vmdk file you\u2019d like to convert.
\nClick Open.
\nVerify your disk image has been added to the list of images and that the virtual and actual sizes appear accurate.
\nClick OK
\nCreate a new virtual machine profile, selecting your imported image for the storage.
\nBoot your new virtual machine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nTo use the second method we\u2019ll need an addition command-line tool called qemu.<\/p>\nsudo aptitude install qemu<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\nqemu-img convert \/path\/to\/original.vmdk converted.bin<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\nVBoxManage convertdd converted.bin converted.vdi<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n