.vmdk file is greyed out when I try to import from VMware Fusion 8 Mac OSX El Capitan

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Johanes Nathanael picture Johanes Nathanael · Jan 23, 2016 · Viewed 7.7k times · Source

I don't understand why my .vmdk file is greyed out when I try to import (import existing virtual machine) it from VMware Fusion 8? Can someone help me with this?

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reaganRezvi picture reaganRezvi · Nov 14, 2016

From installation method window, you are probably trying "Install from disc or image". Rather try "Create a custom virtual machine".

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