How to convert VMware virtual disk file (.vmdk) to Open Virtualization Format Package (.ovf).
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You should be able to import VMware virtual machines to VirtualBox just fine, so there should be nothing preventing you from transforming .vmdk files (virtual disks) to OVF format, which is what vmdk to ovf conversion represents.
You can do this in VirtualBox by importing the VMware machines and then use the File ► Export Appliance option, select virtual machine and export it as an .ovf. Only whole virtual machines can be converted, not just some their parts.
- convert vmdk to ovf on Windows
VirtualBoxA multi-platform x86 virtualization software package
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Convert from vmdk file | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
to ovf file | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned vmdk to ovf. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.
VMware WorkstationVMware Workstation is application used to create computer virtual machines in one hosting operating system
A free virtual machine converter by Citrix
- convert vmdk to ovf on OS X
VirtualBox for MacFree open-source x86 virtualization software package for Mac
VMware FusionProgram used for migration of Windows PC to Mac
- convert vmdk to ovf on Linux
VirtualBox for LinuxFree system virtualization platform for Linux operating system developed by Oracle
Additional links: Open vmdk file, Open ovf file
VMDK
A vmdk file extension is used for default virtual disk format of VMware virtualization software. A vmdk file stores contents of virtual machine hard disk drive. There can be more vmdk files for each virtual machines, depending on the specified amount of virtual hard drive assigned to it. It also can store information about partitions virtual drive is able to access.
OVF
An ovf file extension is related to the Open Virtual Machine file format for storing data used to run virtual machine. It is supported by various virtualization software like VMware Workstation, VirtualBox etc.
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