

The VMware vCenter Converter is free – you can download it from after going through a couple of registration steps.

This involved exporting from VirtualBox to an OVA file, and saving that to a network share on my new host machine. The trouble with this command is that the resulting. This application can convert a single machine (or an entire datacenter) into virtual machines and the 4.3 release handles Windows 7! My first attempt was following VMware’s instructions, as outlined in their knowledge base article, Importing Virtual Machine from Oracle VirtualBox to VMware Fusion, Workstation, or Player. Thankfully, VMware has made this significantly easier to do! Last week, VMware released the 4.3 version of the standalone VMware vCenter Converter. Until now, the easiest way to do this, was to purchase a copy of Fusion and convert your Win 7 machine to run on a Mac, copy the VM over to your PC and open it in Workstation. One feature that many Workstation 7 customers have asked for is the ability to convert a physical PC running Windows 7 into a virtual machine that can be run inside of Workstation.
