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Workstation User’s Manual
144 VMware, Inc.
3ClickOpen.
WorkstationcreatesaVMwarevirtualmachine,withaVMwareconfigurationfile
(.vmx)fortheconvertedvirtualmachineorsystemimage.Theconvertedvirtual
machinelinkstothevirtualdisksoftheoriginalvirtualmachineorsystemimage
unlessthesourceusesopenvirtualizationformat(.ovfor.ovafile
s).Theoriginal
VirtualPC,SymantecBackupExecSystemRecovery,orStorageCraftconfiguration
(.vmc,.spf,or.sv2i)fileisunchanged.
Ifyouopenavirtualappliancethatuses.ovfor.ovafiles,Workstationcreatesa
fullclone.
Ifyouattempttoopenavirtualmachineorsystemimagethatispassw
ord
protected,youarepr
omptedforthepassword,andWorkstationcreatesafull
clone.
Import a Virtual Machine, Virtual Appliance, or System
Image
TheFile>ImportorExportcommandenablesyoutoconvertasystemimageorvirtual
machineintoaVMwarevirtualmachine.
Beforeyoubegin,reviewtherestrictionsandrequirementsforsourceanddestination
virtualmachines.See“SupportedSourceMachines”onpage 135and“Supported
Destinations”onpage 140.
To import a virtual machine, virtual appliance, or system image
1Ifyouareimportingavi
rtualmach
ine,makesurethevirtualmachineispowered
off.
2 ChooseFile>ImportorExporttolaunchtheVMwareConversionwizard.
3Completethewizardpages.
Thetextonthewizardpageschanges,dependingontheselectionsyoumake.
For example,ontheSourceTypepage,whenyouselectasourcetypefromthe
dr
opdow
nlist,thetextbelowthelistchangestodescribewhichtypesofvirtual
machinesareincludedinthatsourcetype.
Asyouproceedthroughthewizard,thenavigationpaneontheleftsideofthe
wizardhelpstrackyourprogress.
Wheneveryoustartanewphaseorstep,ali
stexpandstodi
splaythenamesofthe
wizardpagesincludedinthatstep.Whenyoucompleteanentirestep,thenext
stepexpands.
Togobacktoapreviouspage,clickitsnameinthenavigationpane.
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