Moving Mac OS X VMware Fusion VMs to ESXi (via: Ask Different)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/23
Interesting read: vmware – Moving Fusion VMs to ESXi – Ask Different.
I was kind of expecting something like this, as VMware has been notoriously bad at proving Mac OS X tools (whereas their VMware Workstation for Linux is on par with their Windows product, Linux also lacks a vSphere Client and a standalone VMware vCentre Converter).
Good to have my expectations confirmed. Not so good that this is a tedious process.
Note that you need twice the disk size on your Mac, as you recreate the vmdk files on your Mac in a format that ESXi understands.
Oh well…
Note there are even more tedious ways, but good to know they exist.
- VMware P2V Migration: Importing Virtual Machines into VMware ESXi Pt 1.
- VMware V2V Migration: Importing Virtual Machines into VMware ESXi Pt 2.
- Migrating OS X VMs to a VMware ESXi server | Der Flounder: uses the VMware Converter in a separate machine, to which you need to give access to your VM files from OS X.
- Regis University IOS Practicum Wiki – Import Existing VMWare Fusion VM into ESXi with VSphere Client.
- Converting a Fusion Virtual Machine to ESXi | Paul Brice: uses the VMware OVF tool (so you need extra space on your Mac and extra space on your ESXi box)
I really wish VMware Fusion could do what you can do with VMware Workstation to manage your ESXi hosts (including Free ESXi) & VMs.
–jeroen
via:
- vmware – Moving Fusion VMs to ESXi – Ask Different.
- How cool is that!? Using VMware Workstation to manage your ESXi hosts (including Free ESXi) & VMs | virtuallyGhetto.
More links:
- Thinapped vSphere Client – VMware Labs.
- VMware vSphere Client Download URL ~ What the…..?.
- VMware: Vsphere Client Direct Download Links | tech :: stuff.
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