![]() To do so, run VirtualBox, and then under the “File” menu choose “Import Appliance” as shown below: Now you are ready to import your OVA file into VirtualBox. Once downloaded, run the installer and follow the Prompts as shown below: If you don't already have VirtualBox installed, you can download it for free from: The next step open that OVA file with VirtualBox. When it's finished, you should see a message similar to the below, and you will now have an OVA file that can be used with VirtualBox: Once you enter the command the conversion process will begin: vmx file to convert, followed by the location and name of the OVA file you desire to create: Next, type in the OVFTool command along with the name and full path of the. In the below example, it was done by entering in “CD\program files (x86)\vmware\vmware ovf tool” ![]() Next change the path in your command prompt to that of where the OVFTool was installed. This can be accomplished by searching Windows 10 for “cmd,” and then right clicking on “Command Prompt” and choosing “Run as administrator” Once you have that tool downloaded and installed the OVFTool, open a Command Line Window an “Administrator.” To do this, you'll first have to download and install the VMware Open Virtualization Format Tool (aka ovftool, VMware-ovftool-4.1.) onto the system you plan to convert the. vmx file created in the last article is to convert it into a Open Virtual Appliance file, or. The first step we must take to use the VMware. In this article, I want to present another option to VMware Workstation – running the Virtual Machine using free software called VirtualBox. ![]() This allowed us to support this system for many years to come, instead of relying on the older hardware to keep performing. In the previous article we created a virtual machine from a legacy windows 2000 computer to be able to run it on a newer PC using VMWare Workstation.
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