This is what i have been looking for, i want to use VMWare P2V tool to do the conversion becuase it actually works un like microsoft offering, then conver the hard disks from vmdk to VHD, i am going to give this tool a blast, if it works it has 50+ server hard drives to convert.

RichardBowden: Let us know how it goes if you can. That's an interesting path to get a physical machine into vhd. Is is the VSMT tool from MS that isn't working?

Wow, perfect timing with the release of this tool! Exactly what I was looking for, thanks.

The exact tool I am searching for. It worked like a charm. Converted a vmware .vmdk with CentOS 4 as guest os to .vhd to be used on Virtual Server 2005 R2. Worked withou tany problem. Guest OS booted and reconfigured its drivers. Done. Thank You very much.

I've just come across an awesome little tool called VMDK2VHD. VMDK2VHD converts VMware virtual...

As covered by Andrew Dugdell (aka Dugie) there is now a tool available to convert VMware virtual hard

Over at the VMToolKit Web site, they've released their first downloadable virtual machine tool, and it's a really good one! The VMDK to VHD file converter is available on their download page. This is simply a file conversion tool that will convert virtual

I blogged a long time ago about VMWare's ability to convert a Microsoft vitual machine to VMware's virtual

Many people at Artinsoft use VMWare for their Virtualization needs. This quickly became a hassle...

I was struggling with this for some time. Here is a great link on how to do it easily! Many customers

From the tests that I made, it seems that this tool does not accept Linked-Clone VMDKs and also does not accept VMware GSX VMDK files (older VM hardware).

Apart from this, the tool worked well for standard VMDKs.

Anyone done some other tests?

Works good for VMware vmdk that had XP or 2003 installed, however Vista doesnt seem to like it much :(

Je viens de le découvrir via le blog de Ben : il existe un outil permettant de convertir les fichiers

Always wanted to migrate your VmWare virtual harddisks VMDK into our Virtual Harddisks VHD. Now is the

download link

http://vmtoolkit.com/files/folders/8/download.aspx

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Duane sent me this link … It’s a FREE tool that will convert VMWare VMDKs to Virtual...

I installed the tool and converted a VMware HD to VPC but unfortunately I doesn't run in VPC. I can load it in the console and adjust the settings. When I press start the VPC seems to boot but the screen turns black and it won't go any further.

I see the same thing as tomdr... what happened?!

There are many many alternatives out there that will assist you to migrate a Physical machine to a Virtual...

If you are converting a Windows based VMDK there are some pre-req steps required to get it to work without getting the black screen on boot.

There is a forum thread on the black screen problem here:

http://vmtoolkit.com/forums/thread/78.aspx

Or you can look at this post from Chris Wolf: http://vmtoolkit.com/blogs/paul/archive/2006/12/14/preparing-a-windows-vmdk-for-conversion.aspx you will get some guidance on "How to migrate VMware virtual machines to Virtual Server" you will just need to go through part one (don't forget to make a copy of the original) then use our converter.

I recently wanted to retry the idea of using virtual development environments instead of developing locally

This VMDK file that I am trying to convert is valid. This VM is not running. The VMDK file is 30Gb in size. Please advise.

Thanks,

Niles

"Invalid VMDK file, please select another"

This VMDK file that I am trying to convert is valid. This VM is not running. The VMDK file is 30Gb in size. Please advise.

Thanks,

Niles

Great tool! I had the problem mentioned a few times, that converstion completes without problem, but the system won't boot. I tried Win2k3 repair with fixthis and chkthat (disable vmscsi, vclone etc. etc.) but no luck. Then i stumbled on this site which will be interesting for all our readers:

http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid94_gci1225164,00.html?asrc=SS_CLA_303373&psrc=CLT_94

I'm going to give it a try. Anyways, since I don't trust complicated URLs to remain valid after a day, i suppose the core bit of it involves

1. removing vmtools

2. restoring hal/ntoskernel from the proper SERVICE PACK (!!!!)  and

3. running a script to disable VMWare specific boot drivers

'prepvm.vbs

'Removes VMware-specific drivers from a system

On Error Resume Next

' Instantiate Shell Object

Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

' Disable VMware Tools Service

objShell.RegWrite "HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\VMTools\\Start", _

                4, "REG_DWORD"

' Disable VMware vmx_svga video driver

objShell.RegWrite "HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\vmx_svga\\Start", _

                4, "REG_DWORD"

' Disable VMware vmmouse driver

objShell.RegWrite "HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\vmmouse\\Start", _

                4, "REG_DWORD"

' Disable VMware vmscsi driver

objShell.RegWrite "HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\vmscsi\\Start", _

                4, "REG_DWORD"

' Disable VMware PCnet driver

objShell.RegWrite "HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\PCnet\\Start", _

                4, "REG_DWORD"

' Disable VMware Buslogic driver

objShell.RegWrite "HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\buslogic\\Start", _

                4, "REG_DWORD"

' Disable SCSI Miniport drivers

objShell.RegWrite "HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\symc810\\Start", _

                4, "REG_DWORD"

objShell.RegWrite "HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\symc8xx\\Start", _

                4, "REG_DWORD"

objShell.RegWrite "HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\cpqarray\\Start", _

                4, "REG_DWORD"

objShell.RegWrite "HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\pcntn4m\\Start", _

                4, "REG_DWORD"

objShell.RegWrite "HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\cpqnf3\\Start", _

                4, "REG_DWORD"

objShell.RegWrite "HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\MRaidNT\\Start", _

                4, "REG_DWORD"

' Restart Computer

strComputer = "."

'Prompt user of impending reboot

WScript.Echo("The system is prepared for imaging and will now shutdown.")

WScript.Sleep(3)

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _

   & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate,(Shutdown)}!\\\\" & _

       strComputer & "\\root\\cimv2")

Set colOperatingSystems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _

   ("Select * from Win32_OperatingSystem")

For Each objOperatingSystem in colOperatingSystems

   objOperatingSystem.Shutdown()

Next

Let me just inform y'all that the information i posted found in the previous post indeed fixed the problems for me!

Every time I try to run is I get invalid vmdk please select another. Does anyone have any suggestions?

When I run Vmdk2Vhd to convert any vmdk file (e.g. http://s94002264.onlinehome.us/grub/vmk520_45731.zip), I get

"Invalid VMDK file, please select another"

This VMDK file that I am trying to convert is valid.

Any ideas anyone?

Make sure your VMDK file is not sitting on a compressed volume. In a number of cases, that causes the issue of the: "Invalid VMDK file, please select another" message. We are going to have a look at it. (thanks to Kenny)

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Same problem to me, always invalid file...

אז התקדמתם, יש לכם כבר עשרות מכונות וירטואליות, שרצות על Virtual Server כמובן (אני לא יורק לבאר :) )

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that's the tool i was looking for,keep it up developers

Si bien no tiene mucho que ver con SharePoint, hace algun tiempo un cliente con plataforma en VMWARE

Thank You

I too get the "Invalid VMDK file, please select another" message, has this issue been resolved or a workaround found?

Thanks!

disable NTFS compression  and it will works

Thanks for this tools

Khalil