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2.3 change the hardware version of the virtual machine in Workstation

The hardware version of the virtual machine can be changed in Workstation to accommodate other versions of Workstation or vSphere.

(1) in Workstation, right-click the virtual machine you want to change (the virtual machine is to be powered off), and select "manage → change hardware compatibility" from the pop-up shortcut menu, as shown in figure 2-3-1.

Figure 2-3-1 change hardware compatibility

(2) in the "Select Virtual Machine hardware compatibility" dialog box, in the "hardware compatibility" list, select the new hardware version, and the vSphere version supported by the currently selected version will be displayed at the "compatible products", as shown in figure 2-3-2.

Figure 2-3-2 Select hardware compatibility

(3) in the Clone before conversion dialog box, select change this virtual machine, as shown in figure 2-3-3.

Figure 2-3-3 change this virtual machine

(4) in the View changes dialog box, display the applied changes, and click the finish button, as shown in figure 2-3-4.

Figure 2-3-4 complete

(5) after that, the virtual machine will be converted and the virtual machine hardware changes will be completed, as shown in figure 2-3-5.

Figure 2-3-5 conversion of virtual machine completed

2.4Exporting and importing OVF in Workstation

Exporting OVF in Workstation is similar to importing OVF in vSphere, but simpler than in vSphere, which is briefly described below.

(1) in Workstation, select the virtual machine exported to OVF (the virtual machine will be powered off), and then select Export to OVF from the File menu, as shown in figure 2-3-6.

Figure 2-3-6 Export to OVF file

(2) in the pop-up "Export Virtual Machine as OVF" dialog box, select the location to save the OVF file, and click the "Save" button, as shown in figure 2-3-7.

Figure 2-3-7 Select the export location

If you want to import OVF in Workstation, the steps are as follows.

(1) in Workstation, select Open Button from the File menu, as shown in figure 2-3-8.

Figure 2-3-8 Open

(2) in the "Open" dialog box, browse to select the OVF file to import, as shown in figure 2-3-9.

Figure 2-3-9 Select the file to import

(3) in the "Import Virtual Machine" dialog box, set the name and save location of the imported virtual machine, click the "Import" button, as shown in figure 2-3-10, and then complete the import of the virtual machine.

Figure 2-3-10 Import the virtual machine

3 Storage browser copy or download

If the virtual machine is transferred between two vSphere, and the vSphere is not in the same network, besides using the method of exporting and importing OVF, you can also use vSphere Client or vSphere Web Client to download and upload virtual machine folder. This method is described below.

3.1 download a virtual machine from vSphere

You can browse the storage of ESXi, download the folder where the virtual machine is located, download the virtual machine locally, save it on the active hard disk, and then take the active hard disk to another vSphere, and use the way of "upload folder" to transfer the virtual machine. Download the virtual machine folder in vSphere as follows.

(1) Log in to vCenter Server or ESXi using vSphere Client, select the ESXi host on the left, in "configure → Storage", right-click to browse the storage where the virtual machine is saved, and select "Browse data Storage" in the pop-up shortcut menu, as shown in figure 3-1.

Figure 3-1 browsing the data store

(2) in the data Storage browser, select the virtual machine folder to download on the right (do not expand the virtual machine), click the "" button on the toolbar, and download the virtual machine to the local computer, as shown in figure 3-2.

Figure 3-2 download folder

(3) in the Browse for folder dialog box, select a location and save the folder you want to download, as shown in figure 3-3.

Figure 3-3 Select a save location

(4) vSphere Client will then download the selected file (folder), as shown in figure 3-4.

Figure 3-4 download file

(5) after downloading, open the Explorer and you can see that the downloaded virtual hard disk is in the format of "thick set", as shown in figure 3-5.

Figure 3-5 thick setting format

If you want to use this virtual machine in Workstation, you can open it by selecting "Open" from the File menu of Workstation and browsing the configuration file of the downloaded virtual machine (vmx file in figure 3-5).

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