Which VM?

Derek Broughton derek at pointerstop.ca
Mon Nov 2 15:04:44 UTC 2009


NoOp wrote:

> On 11/01/2009 07:56 AM, Verde Denim wrote:
> ...
>>> I second with noop and joep. I run virtualbox (PUEL) with Ubuntu,
>>> Gentoo, XP (64), M$ server 03R2, and BT4. All are running merrily
>>> along... If I could find a utility to turn a VBox disc into a vmware
>>> disc It'd be a perfect world so I wouldn't have to create dev and test
>>> scenarios twice (one for me and one for work)...
>>>
> 
> VBoxManage?
> Perhaps this will help:
> <http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/3773/convert-vdi-to-vmdk-
virtualbox-hard-disk-conversion-to-vmware-hard-disk-format>
> and perhaps: doc - 8.7 VBoxManage export?

For VirtualBox V3 (possibly some of the most recent V2 releases) it's as 
simple as File | Export Appliance.  Of course, that creates a complete "ovf" 
appliance, but the vmdk file is right there and usable as-is.
-- 
derek





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