Copying VMWare Virtual Machines

These instructions assume that I have a virtual machine directory called “Win_XP_Base”. You can, of course, do this with any virtual machine.

Copy the VM directory.

cp -r Win_XP_Base Win_XP_<name>

Switch to the new directory and edit the vmx file. Replace Win_XP_Base with Win_XP_<name>

vim Win_XP_<name>.vmx

Rename Win_XP_Base* files to Win_XP_<name>*

Edit the vmdk file. Replace Win_XP_Base with Win_XP_<name>.

vim Win_XP_<name>.vmdk

Get the permissions right. The directory should be 755, the files 700.

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copying_vmware_virtual_machines.txt · Last modified: 2020/06/01 22:53 (external edit)