VMWare ESX image to run on VMWare workstation

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pindiwala picture pindiwala · Nov 27, 2008 · Viewed 15.2k times · Source

I've an linux image(debian) running on VMWare ESX 3.1. Is it possible to copy that image and run it locally on my local VMWare workstation? how?

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saschabeaumont picture saschabeaumont · Apr 3, 2009

Just open up the VI client, shut down the VM, browse to the datastore and then download the image. Pretty straightforward really, I do it from ESXi 3.5 -> Workstation 6.5 all the time.

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