Can't create new Virtual Machine in VMWare Server using virtual disk created from VirtualBox

Question

I have 2 virtual machines I'm trying to convert from VirtualBox to VMWare server. I exported the hard drives using the command

VBoxManage clonehd [uuid] OpenBSD.vmdk -format VMDK

This produced vmdk files that I put in the storage folder of VMWare server. I configured machines with the same parameters, but get the following error on boot:

DetailsVMware Server unrecoverable error: (vmx)
ASSERT d:/build/ob/bora-203138/bora/devices/disk/disk.c:3868 bugNr=21838
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I am having similar issues with a Ubuntu VM. Both are headless machines with pretty simple hardware configurations.

Log file available at http://pastebin.com/rkZR3JDa

Any ideas?

Answer 1

All I can say is it looks like it isn't a valid VMDK file and it is causing VMware Server to crash.

After looking at that log file and a bit of creative Googling, I found other people who have come up with the same problem - I cannot find a solution and it looks like this is a bug with VirtualBox.

I would personally try, if you have a machine with VMWare Workstation, using the Import tool and directly trying to convert the entire Virtual Box Virtual Machine.

Sorry I couldn't be more help.