Can you import esxi virtual machines into Workstation 8 and have them run

[lautrividentity]

I imported a box from esxi into workstation 8 powered it up and it bluescreened. Is there a process that is needed to get this to work?

[a_p_]

Basically the VM should work in VMware Workstation. There might be some special settings in the configuration file, which may need to be modified though. Please post (attach) the VM's .vmx file as well as the latest vmware.log file.

André

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#!/usr/bin/vmware
.encoding = "UTF-8"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "8"
pciBridge0.present = "true"
pciBridge4.present = "true"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.present = "true"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.present = "true"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.present = "true"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
vmci0.present = "true"
nvram = "2008dc1.nvram"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
powerType.powerOff = "soft"
powerType.powerOn = "hard"
powerType.suspend = "hard"
powerType.reset = "soft"
displayName = "2008dc1"
extendedConfigFile = "2008dc1.vmxf"
scsi0.present = "true"
scsi0.sharedBus = "none"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsisas1068"
memsize = "1024"
scsi0:0.present = "true"
scsi0:0.fileName = "2008dc1.vmdk"
scsi0:0.deviceType = "disk"
sched.scsi0:0.shares = "normal"
sched.scsi0:0.throughputCap = "off"
scsi0:1.present = "true"
scsi0:1.fileName = "2008dc1_1.vmdk"
scsi0:1.deviceType = "disk"
sched.scsi0:1.shares = "normal"
sched.scsi0:1.throughputCap = "off"
ethernet0.present = "true"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet0.networkName = ""
ethernet0.addressType = "vpx"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:50:56:A9:40:45"
chipset.onlineStandby = "false"
disk.EnableUUID = "true"
guestOSAltName = "Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)"
guestOS = "windows7srv-64"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 7d f7 d3 3c e1 ac-44 14 8d f6 6b 97 8f 66"
vc.uuid = "50 29 af 57 e8 00 9e b2-b3 4c d2 ea c7 08 6a 8f"
log.fileName = "vmware.log"
snapshot.action = "keep"
sched.cpu.min = "0"
sched.cpu.units = "mhz"
sched.cpu.shares = "normal"
sched.mem.minsize = "0"
sched.mem.shares = "normal"
tools.upgrade.policy = "manual"
deploymentPlatform = "windows"
unity.customColor = "#C0C0C0"
replay.supported = "FALSE"
scsi0:0.redo = ""
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "33554432"
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "160"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "33"
scsi0.sasWWID = "50 05 05 67 d3 3c e1 a0"
hostCPUID.0 = "0000000b756e65476c65746e49656e69"
hostCPUID.1 = "000106a500100800009ce3bdbfebfbff"
hostCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000128100800"
guestCPUID.0 = "0000000b756e65476c65746e49656e69"
guestCPUID.1 = "000006f100010800800022010febfbff"
guestCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000120100800"
userCPUID.0 = "0000000b756e65476c65746e49656e69"
userCPUID.1 = "000106a500100800000022010febfbff"
userCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000120100800"
evcCompatibilityMode = "TRUE"
svga.autodetect = "true"
tools.deployPkg.fileName = ""
scsi0:1.ctkEnabled = "true"
scsi0:1.redo = ""
scsi0:0.ctkEnabled = "true"
ctkEnabled = "true"
unity.wasCapable = "FALSE"
replay.filename = ""
sched.mem.max = "unlimited"
svga.vramSize = "16777216"
vmci0.id = "718414095"
tools.syncTime = "FALSE"
uuid.location = "56 4d 7d f7 d3 3c e1 ac-44 14 8d f6 6b 97 8f 66"
cleanShutdown = "TRUE"
sched.swap.derivedName = "/vmfs/volumes/4d517d24-494e30b0-f402-02215edf2ce3/2008dc1/2008dc1-60cb69fd.vswp"
migrate.hostlog = "./2008dc1-60cb69fd.hlog"
ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"
hpet0.present = "TRUE"
usb.vbluetooth.startConnected = "TRUE"
vcpu.hotadd = "TRUE"
mem.hotadd = "TRUE"
scsi0:2.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:2.deviceType = "scsi-passthru"
scsi0:2.fileName = "PhysicalDrive2"
ethernet0.linkStatePropagation.enable = "TRUE"
floppy0.present = "FALSE"

[a_p_]

There are a couple of entries in the configuration file which may cause trouble in VMware Workstation (e.g. RDM disk, Changed block tracking, ...). I'd recommend you create a new Windows 2008 R2 VM to which you attach the existing two virtual disks instead of creating new virtual disks.

André