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            <h1>Convert VirtualBox VM to VMware ESXi</h1>
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          <h2>Exporting the VirtualBox Disk(s)</h2>

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	<li>On the VirtualBox host, launch VirtualBox</li>
	<li>Right click the VM to convert &gt; Settings</li>
	<li>Select Storage from the left navigation</li>
	<li>Click the virtual hard disk and copy the Location value for the full path of the disk to the clipboard</li>
	<li>Right click on the Start menu &gt; Run &gt; type cmd.exe &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Enter the following commands in the command prompt
	<div class="codeBlock"># 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;</div>
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<h2>Creating the ESXi Virtual Machine</h2>

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	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to the VMware ESXi web UI</li>
	<li>Log into ESXi</li>
	<li>In the left navigation pane, right click on Virtual Machines &gt; Create/Register VM</li>
	<li>Select Create a new virtual machine &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Give the VM a name and set the Guest OS family &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Select the storage datastore to use &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Set the Memory to match the memory in the source VirtualBox VM</li>
	<li>Remove Hard disk 1 by clicking the X icon to the far right &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Review the summary provided and click Finish</li>
	<li>Click the new VM name to view th VM details</li>
	<li>Click the Edit link at the top of the page</li>
	<li>At the top of the dialog click Add hard disk &gt; Existing hard disk</li>
	<li>Browse to the appropriate datastore and find the folder containing the VM</li>
	<li>Click the Upload button at the top left of the file browser window &gt; Browse to and select the exported .vmdk disk image</li>
	<li>After the upload completes, select the uploaded .vmdk file &gt; Click Select</li>
	<li>Click Save in the VM Edit settings dialog</li>
	<li>Test that the VM is functioning by clicking the Start button at the top of the VM details page</li>
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