ubuntu - Mount VMWare Disk Images Under Linux - Super User
May 16, 2015 · Is it still possible to mount VMWare disk images under Linux? I found the following two articles, both of them recommend to use kpartx -av diskimage-flat.vmdk. However both the …
Accessing physical disk from VirtualBox: Access Denied
Jan 2, 2023 · This results in a joke situation, when you can create VMDK for physical drive with elevated VboxManage just fine, but in no way can attach it to virtual machine via same …
How to open vmdk files in VMware? [closed] - Super User
From VMware workstation, either: File Open Browse to the directory containing the virtual machine's files (both the vmdk and the vmx files) Open the .vmx file. Done. You now have the …
Vmware Workstation - The file specified is not a virtual disk.
Jul 28, 2021 · There may be a stale lock on that file. Right click on the virtual machine, then go to Open VM directory. If you find any .lck file with the same name as your virtual machine, delete …
VMware Workstation: how to reduce .vmdk maximum size
The following command will convert the .vmdk from growable to preallocated : vmware-vdiskmanager -r current_disk_name.vmdk -t 3 new_disk_name.vmdk If you wish to change the …
virtualbox - Convert VMDK to ISO - Super User
An ISO is a disk image of a CD specifically, and the VMDK is one of a hard drive. There's ways to mount a VMDK directly - vmware discmount comes to mind as does its linux counterpart …
vmware fusion - Converting DMG to VMDK - Super User
Sep 11, 2012 · How can I convert a DMG into a VMDK file? I had a laptop hard drive which i turned into a DMG. I want to make a VM that uses that drive. How can I turn this DMG into a …
How to reduce the size of VMware disk - Super User
Thinning (shrinking) VMDK disks on ESXi / vSphere Linux Guests Note: "Shrinking" is often used interchangeably to refer to the process of reducing the size of a thin-type disk file. VMware …
How to create a virtual machine from a .img disk image?
1 For VMWare I found a simple but complete freeware tool here Use it to convert img to vmdk and create a new virtual machine manually within WMWare and set your vmdk file as virtual disk.
Should I split VMware virtual disk into multiple files or not?
Sep 22, 2015 · There seems little point in splitting an image file unless you're creating it on a FAT32 volume or network share that has file size restrictions. VMware has this to say: Select …