Converting Third-Party Virtual Machines and Disks
In Parallels Server Bare Metal, you can convert third-party virtual machines and their disks to Parallels virtual machines and disks. Currently, you can convert the following third-party virtual machines and disks:
Convert Parallels Desktop virtual machine to Vmware Workstation When I downloaded VM vCenter Converter Standalone it no longer supports other Virtual Machine systems I found this article in VMWare docs to Import a Parallels Virtual Machine into VMWare Fusion, and I found a VMware Knowledge Base article on moving between Fusion and Workstation. VMware Fusion ($79.99 for unlimited Macs): VMware Fusion walks the line between Parallels and VirtualBox, offering up a ton of options for tweaking your virtual machine, but still providing plenty. Convert Parallels Desktop virtual machine to Vmware Workstation When I downloaded VM vCenter Converter Standalone it no longer supports other Virtual Machine systems I found this article in VMWare docs to Import a Parallels Virtual Machine into VMWare Fusion, and I found a VMware Knowledge Base article on moving between Fusion and Workstation. Dec 11, 2020 Parallels ® Remote Application Server (RAS) supports VMware vSphere and Hyper-V, as well as various other type 1 and type 2 hypervisors, including Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware ESXi, Scale Computing HC3, and Nutanix Acropolis. Setup and configuration of VMware vSphere and Hyper-V hosts in Parallels RAS is straightforward.
- Microsoft Hyper-V
- Microsoft Virtual PC
- Virtual Box
- VMware
Converting Virtual Machines
Let us assume that you want to convert a VMware virtual machine that runs the CentOS 5 operating system and has the name
centos5
. As the pctl convert
command can work only with virtual machines and disks that are available locally, you first need to copy the virtual machine to the Parallels server. Once the virtual machine is on your local server, you can start the conversion. Assuming that you have copied the virtual machine to the /var/parallels
directory on the Parallels server and the full path to its configuration file is /var/parallels/centos5/config.xml
, you can run the following command to perform the conversion:# pctl convert /var/parallels/centos5/config.xml Vpnc ubuntu.
Vmware To Parallels
Once the conversion is complete, you can start the virtual machine and manage it in the same way you would manage a native Parallels virtual machine.
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You can also convert third-party virtual disks to Parallels virtual machines and disks using the
prl_convert
utility. Once you run the utility, it checks the disk and, depending on its type, does one of the following:- If the disk is a system disk—that is, has an operating system installed,
prl_convert
converts it to a Parallels virtual machine. If the utility cannot create a virtual machine for the disk (for example, it fails to detect the operating system on the disk), the disk is converted to a Parallels virtual disk. You can also specify the--allow-no-os
option to force the conversion, but in this case you may have problems with starting and using the resulting virtual machine. - If the disk is a data disk,
prl_convert
converts it to a Parallels virtual disk.
When converting third-party virtual disks, you need to specify the full path to the original disk file. For example, to convert the system disk of the
centos5
virtual machine (that is, the disk where the CentOS 5 operating system is installed) that has the full path of /var/parallels/centos5/centos5.vhd
, you can use this command:# prl_convert /var/parallels/centos5/centos5.vhd
This command creates a ready-to-use Parallels virtual machine with the name
centos5
. You can start this virtual machine and manage it in the same way you would manage a native Parallels virtual machine. At the same time, if you convert a third-party virtual data disk, you will need first to add the resulting disk to an existing Parallels virtual machine using the pctl set
command.1. When adding a converted virtual disk to an existing Parallels virtual machine or creating a new virtual machine on its basis, make sure that the interface type of the disk is the same as it was in the source virtual machine.
For example, if the original disk had the SCSI interface type, ensure that the interface type of the converted disk is also set to SCSI. If you do not configure the disk interface type, it will be set to SATA (this is the default interface type in Parallels virtual machines), which may cause your virtual machine to malfunction.
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Vmware To Parallels
2. In the current version of Parallels Server Bare Metal, Hyper-V virtual machines can be converted using the
prl_convert
utility only. That means that you first need to convert all Hyper-V virtual disks and then add them to an existing virtual machine.