Convert VirtualBox VM to VMware ESXi

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Full steps can be found at

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Exporting the VirtualBox Disk(s)
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01. On the VirtualBox host, launch VirtualBox
02. Right click the VM to convert ≫ Settings
03. Select Storage from the left navigation
04. Click the virtual hard disk and copy the Location value for the full path of the disk to the clipboard
05. Right click on the Start menu ≫ Run ≫ type cmd.exe ≫ Press Enter
06. Enter the following commands in the command prompt
# change directory to VirtualBox installation
cd %programfiles%OracleVirtualBox
# convert the .vdi to .vmdk
VBoxManage clonemedium disk –format VMDK –variant Standard “pastedfullpathto.vdi” “pastedfullpathto.vmdk”

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Creating the ESXi Virtual Machine
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01. Open a web browser and navigate to the VMware ESXi web UI
02. Log into ESXi
03. In the left navigation pane, right click on Virtual Machines ≫ Create/Register VM
04. Select Create a new virtual machine ≫ Click Next
05. Give the VM a name and set the Guest OS family ≫ Click Next
06. Select the storage datastore to use ≫ Click Next
07. Set the Memory to match the memory in the source VirtualBox VM
08. Remove Hard disk 1 by clicking the X icon to the far right ≫ Click Next
09. Review the summary provided and click Finish
10. Click the new VM name to view th VM details
11. Click the Edit link at the top of the page
12. At the top of the dialog click Add hard disk ≫ Existing hard disk
13. Browse to the appropriate datastore and find the folder containing the VM
14. Click the Upload button at the top left of the file browser window ≫ Browse to and select the exported .vmdk disk image
15. After the upload completes, select the uploaded .vmdk file ≫ Click Select
16. Click Save in the VM Edit settings dialog
17. Test that the VM is functioning by clicking the Start button at the top of the VM details page

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