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What's the simplest way to run a virtual image that was created in VMWare 4.0?

I have been given an image that I'm told was created in VMWare 4.0 that I am trying to run. When I open it in virtual box I'm told that it cant run the image as it's not a supported version. I tried digging around the VMWare site and all I could…
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Is it possible to export an OpenVZ machine and use it after in another virtualization tool?

I'm planning to use OpenVZ in an old machine I have at home. I want to know if a dumped OpenVZ instance image can be exported to other formats (like VirtualBox or Vmware). Thanks!
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Increasing memory giving error in VMware ESXi

I'm getting this error when I tried to increase the memory of a VM in VMware ESXi Failed to reconfigure virtual machine XXX. Unable to access file [VMS] XXX/boot.vmdk boot.vmdk is already exist but still I'm getting this error. VMWARE ESXi…
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AWS: error on import of OVF/OVA file from a VMWare ESXi

My goal is to migrate a VM from VMWare to AWS EC2. I exported the "OVF+VMDK" file from VMWare ESXI 6.5. I also converted to an OVA file to be able to test both OVF and OVA format. I followed the tutorial provided by AWS to import a virtual machine…
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Physical Win98 hd to VM .vmdk

I am pretty new to VMware fusion. Case is: I have an old Win 98 machine, on which I have a program i need to run, to which I do not have the installation CDs. For that reason I need to make a .vmdk from the physical HD of the machine, which I would…
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It is possible to replace a flat.vmdk file with a older backup version of the file?

We have an vmware (6.0) machine that uses vmdk-files. There are flat.vmdk and delta.vmdk files. The files are dated with 27.05.2021. As far as I know, the flat.vmdk are read only and did not get changed, the changes are written in the delta.vmdk…
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Where is the location of shares stored in Windows Server? (Switching iSCSI disk to VMDK)

I have a virtualized Windows Server 2008 with iSCSI volume attached (inside the guest). This disk servers as the main file server data disk with lots of shares, permissions, etc. I would like to "convert" the guest-attached iSCSI volume to a VMWare…
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