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      Obsolesce
      last edited by Obsolesce

      Do you mean migrate a VM from VMWare Workstation, to KVM on Ubuntu?

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        black3dynamite
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        I know VirtualBox can read vmdk files. I think with KVM, you use qemu to convert the vmdk to qcow2.

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          Dashrender @Obsolesce
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          @tim_g said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

          Do you mean migrate a VM from VMWare workstation, to Ubuntu?

          Yeah, that's not really possible because Ubuntu is not a VM platform.

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            Obsolesce
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            I'd convert the VMWare Workstation VM to a qcow2 and run it on KVM in your Ubuntu host (if you must use Ubuntu).

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              Obsolesce @Dashrender
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              @dashrender said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

              @tim_g said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

              Do you mean migrate a VM from VMWare workstation, to Ubuntu?

              Yeah, that's not really possible because Ubuntu is not a VM platform.

              Fixed.

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                dafyre
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                How determined are you to stick with VMware? Do you see yourself moving this VM back to a Windows host down the road?

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                  Dashrender @Obsolesce
                  last edited by

                  @tim_g said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

                  @dashrender said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

                  @tim_g said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

                  Do you mean migrate a VM from VMWare workstation, to Ubuntu?

                  Yeah, that's not really possible because Ubuntu is not a VM platform.

                  Fixed.

                  No - Ubuntu is still not a VM platform.

                  It might be right to say - migrate a VM from VMWare Workstation to KVM running in/on Ubuntu

                  or

                  migrate a VM from VMWare Workstation to VirtualBox running on Ubuntu

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                    IRJ
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                    Part one....

                    I am moving from Linux to Windows host

                    Part two....

                    Should I purchase VMWare workstation or should I setup a different solution?

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                      IRJ
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                      I am mostly trying to figure out how the transition will be if I decide not to go out and buy VMWare workstation for Linux, and if my performance will be mostly the same.

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                        travisdh1 @IRJ
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                        @irj said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

                        Part one....

                        I am moving from Linux to Windows host

                        Part two....

                        Should I purchase VMWare workstation or should I setup a different solution?

                        Why pay for something when VirtualBox probably does it for free? If VMWare Workstation solves a problem for you that VirtualBox does not, then yes, buy it.

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                          IRJ @travisdh1
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                          @travisdh1 said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

                          @irj said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

                          Part one....

                          I am moving from Linux to Windows host

                          Part two....

                          Should I purchase VMWare workstation or should I setup a different solution?

                          Why pay for something when VirtualBox probably does it for free? If VMWare Workstation solves a problem for you that VirtualBox does not, then yes, buy it.

                          Virtual Box has been really shitty on Windows. Is it more reliable on Ubuntu?

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                            Obsolesce @IRJ
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                            @irj said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

                            Part one....

                            I am moving from Linux to Windows host

                            Part two....

                            Should I purchase VMWare workstation or should I setup a different solution?

                            Part 1:
                            This is the opposite of what your title and OP says...

                            I have no idea what you mean.

                            Part2:
                            The "host" is VMWare Workstation.

                            So you want to move from VMWare Workstation (that is running on Windows), to VMWare Workstation (that is running on Ubuntu)??? Or the other way around as you stated in Part 1?

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                              travisdh1 @IRJ
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                              @irj said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

                              @travisdh1 said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

                              @irj said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

                              Part one....

                              I am moving from Linux to Windows host

                              Part two....

                              Should I purchase VMWare workstation or should I setup a different solution?

                              Why pay for something when VirtualBox probably does it for free? If VMWare Workstation solves a problem for you that VirtualBox does not, then yes, buy it.

                              Virtual Box has been really shitty on Windows. Is it more reliable on Ubuntu?

                              Ah, I was confused by

                              I am moving from Linux to Windows host

                              If moving to Ubuntu, just use KVM with virt-manager.

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                                Obsolesce @Dashrender
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                                @dashrender said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

                                @tim_g said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

                                @dashrender said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

                                @tim_g said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

                                Do you mean migrate a VM from VMWare workstation, to Ubuntu?

                                Yeah, that's not really possible because Ubuntu is not a VM platform.

                                Fixed.

                                No - Ubuntu is still not a VM platform.

                                It might be right to say - migrate a VM from VMWare Workstation to KVM running in/on Ubuntu

                                or

                                migrate a VM from VMWare Workstation to VirtualBox running on Ubuntu

                                GO back and read... https://mangolassi.it/post/374437

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                                  bnrstnr @IRJ
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                                  @irj said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

                                  Part one....

                                  I am moving from Linux to Windows host

                                  Part two....

                                  Should I purchase VMWare workstation or should I setup a different solution?

                                  Buy VMware Workstation... It's so worth the $250 or whatever it costs now. We had a couple slow weeks a while back and I migrated all of my VMware Workstation VMs to the built in Hyper-V on Windows 10..... it was an absolute nightmare.

                                  Workstation makes things nice and easy.

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                                    Obsolesce @IRJ
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                                    @irj said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

                                    I am debating whether I should purchase VMWare worksation or move to another solution.

                                    VMWare Workstation is not a solution I would use for hosting a VM. I'd move to KVM on Fedora. But if you have to use Ubuntu, KVM on there will work fine too.

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                                      IRJ @Obsolesce
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                                      @tim_g said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

                                      @irj said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

                                      Part one....

                                      I am moving from Linux to Windows host

                                      Part two....

                                      Should I purchase VMWare workstation or should I setup a different solution?

                                      Part 1:
                                      This is the opposite of what your title and OP says...

                                      I have no idea what you mean.

                                      Title says move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host

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                                        IRJ
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                                        Sorry guys doing alot of things here at once so I cant think how to talk (type) right now.

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                                          bnrstnr
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                                          Do you have to purchase a new license of VMware Workstation? Is it not transferable to the new OS? I'd imagine you can just use your key on the Ubuntu/Windows install, whatever it is you're moving to.

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                                            IRJ @bnrstnr
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                                            @bnrstnr said in Move Linux VM from Windows Host to Linux Host:

                                            Do you have to purchase a new license of VMware Workstation? Is it not transferable to the new OS? I'd imagine you can just use your key on the Ubuntu/Windows install, whatever it is you're moving to.

                                            I am pretty sure it is a different license.

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