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Can I run a VMWare Workstation Pro 16 VM in Mac Fusion (Mac Host)

King8633 — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 20:44:47 GMT

I currently have VMWare Workstation Pro 16 VMs running on a Windows 10 Host, I am wondering if I can take that VM and host it on a iOS MacBook running VMWare Fusion?

Re: Can I run a VMWare Workstation Pro 16 VM in Mac Fusion (Mac Host)

RDPetruska — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 20:54:14 GMT

In theory, yes.

Make sure each VM is shut down (not just suspended) before copying/moving.

You may run into host-specific hardware which would need to be changed in the config file (such as a serial port, etc.).

Re: Can I run a VMWare Workstation Pro 16 VM in Mac Fusion (Mac Host)

dempson — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 06:41:20 GMT

This sounds like a case where you want to use "nested virtualisation". There have been other threads here regarding this not working well on certain Mac models, in recent macOS versions with recent VMware Fusion versions, so I suggest searching the forum for that phrase. I don't know if this is still a problem and my Macs running VMware Fusion happens to be ones that aren't affected so I can't test it myself.

Re: Can I run a VMWare Workstation Pro 16 VM in Mac Fusion (Mac Host)

bluefirestorm — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 11:15:53 GMT

In addition to what RDPetruska said, you rename the folder with a .vmwarevm extension so that it appears as a bundle in macOS.

See this KB: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1002320 for more clarity

Re: Can I run a VMWare Workstation Pro 16 VM in Mac Fusion (Mac Host)

wila — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:39:10 GMT

@King8633 wrote:

I currently have VMWare Workstation Pro 16 VMs running on a Windows 10 Host, I am wondering if I can take that VM and host it on a iOS MacBook running VMWare Fusion?

What's a iOS MacBook?
Do you mean a machine with Apple Silicon? If so then no.. it won't work.
If OTOH your MacBook uses an intel processor then yes it can work.

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Wil