vmdk file is hard disk of the VMWare virtual machine. There are many scenarios where you may need to create a new virtual machine for an existing vmdk file.
This is also an alternate Method to the “vmx is not a valid virtual machine configuration file – Could not open virtual machine” issue.
Please refer to the previous post “Could not open virtual machine – vmx is not a valid virtual machine configuration file” for a full list of possible resolution. This post is to describe one of the solution in more details.
How To Create a new virtual machine & attach the existing .vmdk file:
1. Open VMware and select create a new virtual machine with custom (advanced) configuration option.
2. Chose “I will install the operating system later”. and chose “I will install the operating system later”.
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3. Select the operating system that matches the operating system in your existing .vldk file.
4. Select a location of the new virtual machine
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5. Chose “Use an existing virtual disk”. This will allow you to browse and select your existing virtual disk.
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6. Now chose the vmdk file from the existing virtual machine folder. While browsing for file remember to sort the folders & files by recent date and then select the most recent .vmdk file.
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7. VMWare will display a summary of everything that you selected. Click finish to create the new virtual machine.
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