Note: You might experience issues if these items are not properly removed or uninstalled from Add or Remove Programs and from the Taskbar.ĭelete any snapshots located with the virtual machine.ĭelete any unnecessary data, drives, partitions, and applications that you no longer need for that virtual machine. Log on to that virtual machine and uninstall VMware Tools, as displayed in the following screen shot: Identify the virtual machine you want to export. Note: Citrix XenServer Conversion Manager is the preferred supported conversion tool for XenServer 6.1 and newer. Refer to the Citrix XenConvert Guide for XenConvert Supported Operating Systems and CTX121652 - Overview of the Open Virtualization Format for more information on OVF packages.Ĭlick here to download Citrix XenConvert Application Software For information on XenServer 6 and later, refer to the Knowledge Center article CTX133505 - How to Export VMware Virtual Machine to OVF Package.

Note: This guide is for XenServer 5.6 and previous versions. You must have basic knowledge of VMware, a Windows computer to run the XenConvert Utility, XenServer, and XenCenter. Note: For best results, copy the OVF template and the VMDK file to the computer that XenConvert is installed on for conversion.Īdministrator access to the VMware virtual machine being convertedĪdministrator access to XenServer and XenCenter The second method of converting VMDK files should be used as an alternative because it only allows converting one drive at a time.

The first method of converting Open Virtualization Format (OVF) packages exported directly from VMware is preferred because it is the quickest, most efficient, and allows you to convert multiple virtual drives at the same time. Citrix Hypervisor, formerly XenServer, is powered by the Xen Project hypervisor.

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