Vmware Fusion Convert Dmg To Vmdk

  

  1. Convert Dmg To Iso
  2. Convert Vhd To Vmdk Vmware
  3. Vmware Import Vmdk File
  4. Convert Dmg To Vmdk File
  5. Convert Vmware Vmdk To Ovf

This technique allows you to convert VMware based VM’s across to the Xen Hypervisor (current version 4.1.3)

Sep 13, 2012 No Comments on Convert VMware Fusion (.vmwarevm or.vmdk) VM’s to Xen This technique allows you to convert VMware based VM’s across to the Xen Hypervisor (current version 4.1.3) This step might be unnessaray for VM’s that don’t utilise sparse based virtual harddrives, but its best just to do it so everyone is at the same step. File Extension conversion from DMG to VMDK is the conversion of computer file extensions from Apple Mac OS X Disk Image to VMware Virtual Disk File. Furthermore, each computer program handles file extensions in a different manner. Whenever any one of these variables is changed, data must be converted in some way before it can be used by a different computer, operating system or program. Here’s how to convert a DMG file into an ISO file that can be mounted on a Windows PC. A word of caution when using qemu-img to convert images for use with VMWare Fusion - Fusion doesn't like disks that aren't sized exactly to the megabyte. If you have such a image make sure you resize to the nearest megabyte first then convert it to vmdk format.

Convert dmg to vmdk file

This step might be unnessaray for VM’s that don’t utilise sparse based virtual harddrives, but its best just to do it so everyone is at the same step. Find the vmware-vdiskmanager utility included with your VMware install.

On Mac for VMware Fusion this can be found at:

/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-vdiskmanager

Or in some other versions

/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/vmware-vdiskmanager

Change ‘cd’ into the relevant directory once found.
Consolidate the VMDK file

./vmware-vdiskmanager -r vm_to_be_converted.vmdk -t 0 temp.vmdk

Vmdk

Copy the temp VMDK across to the target Xen Hypervisor

scp temp.vmdk root@target_ip:/var/lib/libvirt/images

Once copied, use qumu-img to convert the VMDK file to a RAW format
qemu-img convert temp.vmdk -O raw /var/lib/libvirt/images/temp.img

Convert Dmg To Iso

Create a basic config file for the new VM

cd /etc/xen/new_vm_config

Convert Vhd To Vmdk Vmware

name = “new_vm”
memory = “256”
disk = [ ‘file:/var/lib/libvirt/images/temp.iso,hda,w’, ]
vif = [ ‘bridge=br0’, ]
bootloader=”/usr/bin/pygrub”
vcpus=1
on_reboot = ‘restart’
on_crash = ‘restart’

Vmware Import Vmdk File

Boot up the new VM

Convert Dmg To Vmdk File

xm create new_vm

Convert Vmware Vmdk To Ovf

You may find network may be unavailable, due to a change in MAC addresses assigned to the VM. Use virsh edit to find the current MAC address assigned to the VM, and update the network interface within the VM accordingly. Then reboot the VM or restart network services in order to re-establish network access.