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<p>Created page with &quot; Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials... -------------------------------------------------------------------- Exporting the VirtualBox Disk(s) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 01. On the VirtualBox host, launch VirtualBox 02. Right click the VM to convert ≫ Settings 03. Select Storage from the left navigation 04. Click the virtual hard disk and copy the Location value for the full path of the...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div><br /> Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials...<br /> <br /> --------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> Exporting the VirtualBox Disk(s)<br /> --------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> 01. On the VirtualBox host, launch VirtualBox<br /> 02. Right click the VM to convert ≫ Settings<br /> 03. Select Storage from the left navigation<br /> 04. Click the virtual hard disk and copy the Location value for the full path of the disk to the clipboard<br /> 05. Right click on the Start menu ≫ Run ≫ type cmd.exe ≫ Press Enter<br /> 06. Enter the following commands in the command prompt<br /> change directory to VirtualBox installation<br /> cd %programfiles%\Oracle\VirtualBox<br /> convert the .vdi to .vmdk<br /> VBoxManage clonemedium disk --format VMDK --variant Standard &quot;pasted\full\path\to.vdi&quot; &quot;pasted\full\path\to.vmdk&quot;<br /> <br /> --------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> Creating the ESXi Virtual Machine<br /> --------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> 01. Open a web browser and navigate to the VMware ESXi web UI<br /> 02. Log into ESXi<br /> 03. In the left navigation pane, right click on Virtual Machines ≫ Create/Register VM<br /> 04. Select Create a new virtual machine ≫ Click Next<br /> 05. Give the VM a name and set the Guest OS family ≫ Click Next<br /> 06. Select the storage datastore to use ≫ Click Next<br /> 07. Set the Memory to match the memory in the source VirtualBox VM<br /> 08. Remove Hard disk 1 by clicking the X icon to the far right ≫ Click Next<br /> 09. Review the summary provided and click Finish<br /> 10. Click the new VM name to view th VM details<br /> 11. Click the Edit link at the top of the page<br /> 12. At the top of the dialog click Add hard disk ≫ Existing hard disk<br /> 13. Browse to the appropriate datastore and find the folder containing the VM<br /> 14. Click the Upload button at the top left of the file browser window ≫ Browse to and select the exported .vmdk disk image<br /> 15. After the upload completes, select the uploaded .vmdk file ≫ Click Select<br /> 16. Click Save in the VM Edit settings dialog<br /> 17. Test that the VM is functioning by clicking the Start button at the top of the VM details page</div>

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