How to Port VirtualBox to VMware Fusion

VMware Fusion is an operating system management application that allows you to run multiple operating systems on one computer. VirtualBox is a free alternative to VMware Fusion that runs on a number of operating systems. VMware Fusion uses standard VMWare VMDK disk files to store virtual operating system data. You can take your VirtualBox VDI files and import them into VMWare Fusion using a simple conversion process. Using this method, you will be able to preserve your system configuration files, programs and data.

Things You'll Need

• Qemu VirtualBox Conversion Utility

Instructions

1. Open the Start menu and type "Command Prompt." Select "Command Prompt" from the list of options.

2. Type "vboxmanage internalcommands converttoraw <filename.vdi> convert.raw" without quotation marks and press "Enter." Replace "<filename.vdi>" with the path and file name of your VDI file. For example, "C:\MyVirtualBox\WindowsXP.vdi."

3. Type "qemu-img convert -O vmdk convert.raw VMDK <filename.vmdk>," replacing "<filename.vmdk>" with the file name you'd like to use for your new VMware disk.

4. Click "New," then "Virtual Machine."

5. Choose "Custom" as your virtual machine type, then select the type of operating system it will run.

6. Click "Browse" when prompted to create a new disk. Select your newly converted ".vmdk" file and click "OK."

References

• VMware: Guest OS Guide
• Sysprobs.com: Convert VDI to VMDK