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brittonv
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Moving VM's from Workstation to Server

Greetings,

I am New to VMware and am so glad I tested and bought this as I never knew how much VirutalPC sucked!

My question is, can VM's be moved from my VMware Workstation version 6.0 to VMware Server?

Thanks

Vince

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Liz
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Yes.

With your VM powered off - preferably no snapshots etc

Select the VM menu, "upgrade or change version" and a wizard will guide you and tell you what each of the 3 versions you can select is compatible with.

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Liz
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Yes.

With your VM powered off - preferably no snapshots etc

Select the VM menu, "upgrade or change version" and a wizard will guide you and tell you what each of the 3 versions you can select is compatible with.

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KevinG
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My question is, can VM's be moved from my VMware Workstation version 6.0 to VMware Server?

Hi Vince,

Liz is correct, you will need to use the WS 6 "Change Version" menu option to downgrade the virtual hardware in the VM to be compatible with VMware Server.

brittonv
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Wow, thanks for the prompt response!

When I Perform the steps you outlined, I see:

Compatible Products:

ACE 2.x

Fusion 1.x

Workstation 6.x

"ESX Server Compatible" is grayed out. The Guest OS is Windows Server 2003.

When you say downgrade, do I have to select "Workstation 4 or 5" from the drop down to downgrade the VM, then ESX Server will be selectable?

Is the Free Virutal Server "ESX Server"?

Thanks for you help!

Vince

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RDPetruska
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Just select Workstation 5 compatible.

No, ESX Server is NOT the (free) VMware Server. There's no need to select that compatibility mode in your case.

mdvlhllspwn999
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In my case, I am trying to move Groundwork Monitoring Open Source appliance built on CentOS and trying to move it to an ESX 2.5 server. How do I enable the ESX Server Compatible checkbox? If I have to buy a product, please let me know by today.

Thanks in advance,

John

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RDPetruska
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You need to set compatibility to Workstation 5 mode before you can check the box for ESX-compatibility.

It may be easier for you to just use the VMware Converter to migrate your VM to an ESX server.

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