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dust
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Can I convert a Linux GSX guest to an ESX guest ?

I have a large number of GSX Guests which are Redhat Linux and I need to convert these over to ESX.

Will this new tool allow me to do this ?

I have trialed it but when I get the the part of selecting the destination the finish button goes grey and and all I can do is select cancel.

Is there a better way of doing what i am trying to do?

Does VM importer allow linux vm's to be imported ?

Cheers Dust.

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Hi Dust,

In general, we expect the import of GSX Linux VMs to ESX to work. It sounds like you're hitting a known limitation having to do with Linux being more lenient than VM Importer is about interpreting disk geometries. Can you post the .vmx file of one of the cases that's not working?

Thanks,

-Alvin

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