Comments on: Cold cloning without the Enterprise VMware Converter Boot ISO

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:06:21 +0000

This has been really useful, i just wondered if anyone had managed to figure out a way to put vmware tools as part of the created image rather than installed after the fact, as many users (including me) do not have admin rights (and i’m not interested in cracking the password)?

By: midders

midders — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:57:26 +0000

Great guide; thanks a lot. If you have trouble finding the converter after creating the disk, it’s worth noting that it’s been moved to the _sfx_ folder.

With the latest version of VMWare Player as of 22 Jun 2010 (under Linux) there is no need to modify the vmx or vmdk file as described in the last section of the guide.

By: Adam Chen

Adam Chen — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:09:28 +0000

I follow the steps to make the ISO file, but the converter is not put into the iso. I cannot find the converter folder under vm.

By: Ulli

Ulli — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:18:58 +0000

Hi the max-iso needs the largest amount of RAM of this three versions.
In most cases the standard-iso is fine for the task. It can boot on systems with more than lets say 160 Mb of RAM
Ulli

By: Ulli

Ulli — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:55:48 +0000

Hi
looks like you started Converter directly – this will only allow remote-hot-clones.
You must use the right-click function of the moa.exe GUI – this will launch in ColdClone Mode

Ulli

By: waikh

waikh — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:39:57 +0000

I tried and it worked for me. Thanks!

For my case, I created all the 3 iso images:
- moa24-bandit.iso (296,810KB)
- moa24-std.iso (372,556KB)
- moa24-max.iso (493,470KB)

and used moa24-max.iso. After MOA finished loading, VMware Converter launched automatically so no need to specify path. My *.vmx & *.vmdk files were in version “4″ so no need to change as well.

By: ardamis

ardamis — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:18:01 +0000

Hmm, it has worked for me a number of times. I’ll see if I can figure out why the Converter is protesting.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:53:36 +0000

OK I tried it. It did not work for me. The converter said it would “only” work for remote machine, I could not select a local disk. Tested it on a second drive after having no luck on the first. The first drive, is now in a state of non booting, the second drive, is in the same state.

So this all sounds good, but does not seem to work.