Moving A Virtual Machine To A New Host Machine - VMware 4 User Manual

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you must use the Virtual Machine Control Panel to change one or more of the
virtual disks so they all use the same mode.
2. Be sure the guest operating system is completely shut down. If the virtual
machine is suspended and its virtual disks are in persistent or nonpersistent
mode, resume it, then shut down the guest operating system.
3. If your virtual machine is using disks in undoable mode, it is best to commit or
discard the changes when the guest operating system shuts down. If you cannot
commit or discard the changes to your disk, read
Disks in Undoable Mode on page
Note: If your disks are using nonpersistent mode, you must also move the redo-
log (.REDO) file to the new host computer. By default, it is located in your host
operating system's temp directory.
4. Do one of the following:
• If you are moving the virtual machine to a new host and have a network
connection between the original host machine and the new host, you are
finished with the preparations on the original host. Otherwise, you need to
have a way of moving the virtual disk (.vmdk) files from the virtual machine's
directory to the new host. You could move them to a shared network
directory, for example, or burn them to CD-ROMs if they are not too large.
Once you know how you are going to move the virtual machine, go to
Moving a Virtual Machine to a New Host Machine on page
• If you are moving this virtual machine to another directory on the same host,
you are ready to make the move. Copy all the files in the virtual machine's
original directory to the new location. If you stored any files in directories
other than the virtual machine directory, be sure to move them into a
directory of the same name and same position relative to the location of the
virtual machine.
Start VMware Workstation 4 and open the virtual machine you just moved.
Choose File > Open, then browse to the virtual machine's configuration
(.vmx) file.

Moving a Virtual Machine to a New Host Machine

1. Make sure VMware Workstation is installed and working correctly on the new
host computer.
2. Locate the virtual disk files you are moving and copy them into the new virtual
machine directory. Be sure to copy all the files in the virtual machine's original
Considerations for Moving
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