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Chapter 8 Troubleshooting Lab Manager Importing a Virtual Machine as a Template Fails Problem I try to import a virtual machine to serve as a template and see this error message: Disk too large to import. Consider using 'VMware vdiskmanager' to split the large disk. Solution You can import virtual machines up to 2GB per .vmdk file. For monolithic templates that exceed the size limit, create split disks using the VMware Virtual Disk Manager utility packaged with Workstation. For instructions on using this utility, see the "Using Disks" chapter of the VMware Workstation User's Manual. Importing a Virtual Machine from VMFS Storage Fails Problem I try to import a virtual machine from VMFS storage to serve as a template. This error message appears: The source VM's vmx configuration file and vmdk disk file(s) must all reside in the same directory on the VMFS volume. Solution To import a virtual machine with an absolute path to its .vmdk file into Lab Manager, review these requirements: „ The .vmdk files have to reside in the same directory as the .vmx file. „ The path to a .vmdk file must be relative to the virtual machine. For example, if a .vmx file is in [storage1] abc/abc.vmx, the .vmdk path in the .vmx file must be abc.vmdk. You cannot use /vmfs/volumes/storage1/abc/abc.vmdk. If you need to import a virtual machine with an absolute path to its .vmdk file, power off the virtual machine, open its .vmx file, and make the path relative to the .vmx file. VMware, Inc. 155

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Chapter 8
Troubleshooting Lab Manager
Importing a Virtual Machine as a Template Fails
Problem
I try to import a virtual machine to serve as a template and see this error
message:
Disk too large to import. Consider using ‘VMware vdiskmanager’ to split the
large disk.
Solution
You can import virtual machines up to 2GB per
.vmdk
file. For monolithic
templates that exceed the size limit, create split disks using the VMware Virtual Disk
Manager utility packaged with Workstation.
For instructions on using this utility, see the “Using Disks” chapter of the
VMware
Workstation User’s Manual
.
Importing a Virtual Machine from VMFS Storage Fails
Problem
I try to import a virtual machine from VMFS storage to serve as a template.
This error message appears:
The source VM's vmx configuration file and vmdk disk file(s) must all reside
in the same directory on the VMFS volume.
Solution
To import a virtual machine with an absolute path to its
.vmdk
file into Lab
Manager, review these requirements:
The
.vmdk
files have to reside in the same directory as the
.vmx
file.
The path to a
.vmdk
file must be relative to the virtual machine.
For example, if a
.vmx
file is in
[storage1] abc/abc.vmx
, the
.vmdk
path in the
.vmx
file must be
abc.vmdk
. You cannot use
/vmfs/volumes/storage1/abc/abc.vmdk
.
If you need to import a virtual machine with an absolute path to its
.vmdk
file, power
off the virtual machine, open its
.vmx
file, and make the path relative to the
.vmx
file.