Convert a VirtualBox VDI Disk File to a VMware Workstation VDMK File to Be Used for a VMware VM

If you are using Oracle VirtualBox for your virtualization platform and would like to move your virtual machines over to VMware Workstation, you can convert (or clone) the disk file from a VDI format to a VMDK format. Then you can attach the VMDK disk file to a new VM in VMware Workstation and run it there. You might have to adjust your firmware type to make it boot though.

It appears as if you use the VirtualBox Virtual Media Manager and just change the file extension from vdi to vdmk, it will work to convert the disk file using the GUI.

Here is the command you can run assuming you have VirtualBox installed on your computer.

Make sure to use quotes if you have spaces in your path.

Here is another method you can use to do the conversion using the free QEMU disk image utility.

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[rochmanreese]

Thanks. That was very helpful. the cmd worked like a charm.

[maloseevanschaba]

Thanks man, i've been struggling to find these steps. You are the best, now i can no longer start from scratch with my VMs.

[Dom_Mason]

Good tutorial, thanks for the making this video!

[yojomojo]

thanks! this helped jog my memory how to convert vmware into vbox hahaha