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Using VHD files with VMWare Server 2.0.x

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Hello everyone,

 

I know this has been asked before, but I have a couple of additional things that I need to clarify.  I had a physical installation of Windows 7 on my laptop, which I converted to a vhd file using Disk2vhd.  Since that time, I've successfully used it with VMWare Player (the latest version), but want to use it with VMWare Server.  When I select it in the Hard Disks for the VM that I'm creating (I don't have the original vmx files anymore), it doesn't work.

 

Another issue is that I don't have enough space on my drive to convert the file (at least that I know of).  Currently the file is at 95GB, but it's been allocated out as a 289GB file (that was the original size of the hard drive).  I only have about 98G free on my hard drive.

 

So, my questions are, how do I import the vhd file into VMWare Server 2.0.2?  Will there be any issues with the fact that I had it running under VMWare Player (and have the VMWare Tools installed)?  Will I need more space than the 98G that I have available? (I can probably free up some space).  If I move it to a location where I have more space (a NFS or in my case, a Windows Home Server Share) can I do the conversion from my laptop (the computer without enough space currently)?

 

I don't have any .vpc files or anything else, just the vhd file.  Will that create any issues?

 

Thanks, and have a great day:)
Patrick.


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