Irfan's Corner on the Web » Parallels http://irfanhabib.com/blog On Mac, Linux, Grid, Virtualization and Software Technology Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:59:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Convert your VMware, Virtual Server/PC images to Parallels using the Parallels Transporter http://irfanhabib.com/blog/2008/04/08/convert-your-vmware-virtual-serverpc-images-to-parallels-using-the-parallels-transporter/ http://irfanhabib.com/blog/2008/04/08/convert-your-vmware-virtual-serverpc-images-to-parallels-using-the-parallels-transporter/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:07:01 +0000 admin http://irfanhabib.com/blog/?p=10050 Picture 4.png

I've been a long time user of VMware, on the mac I believe Parallels coherence mode gives it a leg up on VMware, so I prefer it on the Mac. However most of my virtual machines are in VMware format. I googled up various solutions which included using Qemu to convert them into raw format, using some commercial tool and so on. But Parallels itself offers a solution which does not seem to be well documented.

I found it here.

1. Open Parallels Transporter in the Parallels directory

2. Choose Express, Whole virtual computer and point it at your vmware file

3. When it is done - check your disk space (it defaults the outputted files into your /application/parallels/ directory)

4. Open the new image with Parallels, ignore Windows errors and force install the Parallel Tools

5. Done - enjoy your images in Parallels

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