{"id":17046,"date":"2021-02-25T06:59:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T06:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/?p=17046"},"modified":"2021-02-26T07:12:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T07:12:53","slug":"how-to-migrate-a-virtual-machine-from-virtualbox-over-to-vmware-workstation-when-the-instructions-dont-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/how-to-migrate-a-virtual-machine-from-virtualbox-over-to-vmware-workstation-when-the-instructions-dont-work","title":{"rendered":"How to migrate a virtual machine from VirtualBox over to VMware Workstation when the instructions don\u2019t work."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TL;DR Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n
Attempt<\/strong><\/th>\n Method<\/strong><\/th>\n Result<\/strong><\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n
1<\/strong><\/td>\n Export to OVA & Import to VMware<\/td>\n Failed: hung at \u201cGetting devices ready\u201d<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
2<\/strong><\/td>\n Copy virtual disks & create new VMware VM<\/td>\n Failed: \u201cno media\u201d<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
3<\/strong><\/td>\n Backup source VM and recover to new VMware VM with BackupAssist ER<\/td>\n Success<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Attempt 1: export to OVA file and import into VMware (failed)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My first attempt was following VMware\u2019s instructions, as outlined in their knowledge base article, Importing Virtual Machine from Oracle VirtualBox to VMware Fusion, Workstation, or Player.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This involved exporting from VirtualBox to an OVA file, and saving that to a network share on my new host machine. VirtualBox successfully created the OVA file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Continuing with the instructions, the import into VMware Workstation was fairly straightforward, but I did encounter the error message mentioned in VMware\u2019s KB article, where the OVA file did not pass OVF specification checks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

However, after the import completed and I started the machine, things hung at \u201cGetting devices ready\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The virtual machine simply hung at this screen \u2013 for hours. After a hard reboot, the VM would go into a blue screen, saying that \u201cIt looks like Windows didn\u2019t load correctly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I just could not get past this stage, despite trying various repair options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attempt 2: copy the virtual disk files across and create a new VM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My second attempt was to copy across the virtual disk files. When I set up the VirtualBox machine last year, I chose to use the VMDK file format for the virtual hard drives, knowing that it might come in handy someday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So theoretically, if I copy the VMDK file to the new host and then create a new VMware VM using that disk, it might work \u2013 right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, this idea did not work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When trying to boot, I got \u201cno media\u201d on the boot disk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I tried numerous things to get it to work \u2013 manually using diskpart to set the bootable partition, or overwriting the boot sector with bootsect.exe. Sadly, nothing seemed to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third time lucky \u2013 backup and recovery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My backup plan was literally to do a backup of the VirtualBox VM, and recover it into a VMware Workstation VM. This method worked like a charm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s the cheat sheet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On your original VirtualBox VM machine:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Download, install and run BackupAssist ER on your source machine \u2013 www.backupassist.com\/er\/downloads<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    \"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
    1. Run it in evaluation mode \u2013 click the \u201cSkip for now\u201d link when you start the application.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
      1. Set up a new backup job:<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
        \"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
        1. Back up to local storage:<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
          \"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
          1. Choose to back up to a network share. I created a share on my VMware host machine, and backed up from the source VM straight to the VMware host.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
            \"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
            1. Create the \u201cLifeline Media\u201d recovery ISO. This is a Windows Recovery Environment that you can boot into to start a bare-metal system recovery. Save the ISO to the network share as well.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              On the new VMware host machine:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              1. Create a new VMware guest machine, but select \u201cCustom\u201d at the first wizard screen.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
                \"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
                1. Choose the installer disc file, pointing to the Lifeline Media ISO that you created in Step 6.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
                  \"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
                  1. Choose a firmware type that matches your VirtualBox machine. By default, VirtualBox uses BIOS, so it\u2019s likely you\u2019ll choose BIOS in VMware too.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
                    \"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
                    1. Select a disk type that matches your VirtualBox machine. By default, VirtualBox uses SATA, so it\u2019s likely you\u2019ll choose SATA in VMware too. But I found SCSI worked for me \u2013 the recovery in BackupAssist ER caters for this change in interface.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
                      \"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
                      1. Make sure the capacity of your new hard disk is bigger than the original disk.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
                        \"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
                        1. Fill out the remaining steps, and create your VM.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
                          \"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

                          Boot the VM, and now use Lifeline Recovery to recover from backup<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          1. Lifeline boots into this screen<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
                            \"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
                            1. Choose to recover from a network share<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
                              \"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
                              1. Fill out the details to connect to the share<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
                                \"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
                                1. You\u2019re then presented with a list of available backups. You should only have one option available.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
                                  \"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
                                  1. You can choose where to recover to. I only had one disk.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
                                    \"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
                                    1. Confirm that the details are correct.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
                                      \"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
                                      1. Wait for the recovery to complete. At the end, you get progress bars that are at 100%.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
                                        \"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

                                        Then, on the next restart, your machine will boot up and you\u2019re running again. Then in VMware, disconnect the ISO from the virtual machine, and you\u2019re all done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                        Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                                        If the regular methods of VM migration from VirtualBox to VMware fail, then you have a “backup” option of doing a backup and recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                        BackupAssist ER is a great tool to use for this, because it allows you to do a hardware independent recovery. And because you can do the migration within the trial period of the software, it\u2019s also free to run this process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                        Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                                        Moving a virtual machine from a VirtualBox host over to a VMware host should be easy, right? But following VMware\u2019s instructions failed. Copying the virtual hard disk also failed. 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