The .vmwarevm file is actually a package which you can copy as though
it's a single file. If you open it up you'll find it contains one or
more .vmdk files along with files ending in .nvram, .vmdk, .vmx and
.vmxf (at leas on my Fusion 4). If you just fling that package to
another Mac through whatever means you should be able to just select the
file on the new machine and hit open to launch it inside VMWare.
CB
On 7/29/13 10:44 AM, Phil Halton wrote:
Thanks Kliphtonand Chris, That sounds great! So, to recap, I just need
to copy the .vmwarevm file from documents/virtual Machines to the
corresponding folder on the MBA, then from inside Fusion, hit Command
O to locate and open it? Man, that's a lot easier than what I had in
mind
thanks
On 7/29/13, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote:
You should be able to just grab your virtual machine file and copy it
over. When you first open it VMWare might ask if you moved it or copied
it. I don't think I would use dropbox or the like to move it as the file
is huge. Flinging the file to the internet and back will take much
longer than a thumb drive or local network. Sometimes 'sneaker net' is
still the fastest transfer method.
CB
On 7/29/13 3:43 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
How about if you put it in your Drop box so when you have another
machine, give it access to your drop box, will it work? As my VMWARE
is in my Drop box folder. Mind you you have to have a lot of space in
your drop box.
Kawal.
On 29 Jul 2013, at 06:38 AM, kliphton <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I have never done it that way. What I do is copy my
VMWare folder to a USB, then copy it to my new machine, and then hit
command O to find and load it. The last time I did it, I just keep
it on my external USB drive, and run my vertial machine from there.
Works flawlessly! JMO
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On Jul 28, 2013, at 1:00 PM, Phil Halton <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Well, I took my own oft-given advice and researched the question on
VMWare's Knowledge base. It looks fairly straight-forward. First put a
copy of the VM bundle (.vmwarevm file) on an external drive, or on the
desktop of the MBA, then in Fusion, select file/new/continue without
disk/ use existing Virtual disk.
Then navigate inside the .vmwarevm file, anselect the .vmdk file as
the virtual disk to use. There are lots of subfiles with the .vmdk
extension, but you want the master .vmdk.d
For example, there will be "virtual a bunch of
"virtual disk 00x.vmdk subfiles. you want the one without the 00x's.
Once the .vmdk is selected as the virtual disk to use, continue and
fusion will create a virtual machine from that virtual disk.
As the KB articles say, the process is identical to taking a disk
drive out of one physical machine and putting it in another as the
boot drive.
On 7/27/13, Phil Halton <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
After installing Fusion on my new MBA, how do I move the windows7 VM
from my iMac to the MBA? Do I go through Fusion's "import" menu, or is
it a simple matter of copying the VM file from the iMac into the
VMWare directory on the MBA? The latter doesn't sound right to me, but
I thought the import menu was for VM's created in other programs like
parallels etc.
If it's a matter of transferring the VM file, I imagine it would be
necessary to turn off any machine dependent hardware connections in
the VM like camera, bluetooth etc first?
thanks
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