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Converting from VMware to VirtualBox

It is possible to convert VMware machines to images that VirtualBox can use. You can do this with a handy tool called QEMU and a VirtualBox built-in command. Follow these steps to convert the machines:

Step 1: Convert the VMware image to a raw form with the command:

qemu-img convert guest-disk.vmdk -O raw raw-disk.bin

Note: In the above command, the -O is a capital “o” and not a zero.

Step 2: Convert the raw image to a usable format (.vdi in this case). The command for this looks like:

VBoxManage convertfromraw -format VDI raw-disk.bin guest-disk.vdi

Once this is complete, you should have a .vdi image that can then be imported into VirtualBox.