Is it possible to convert a VMWare image or the vmdk files to a Parallels VM without booting the image in VMWare and installing the transporter client.
I downloaded a virtual appliance running linux, and it seems to much work if I should have to boot it in VMWare player on a windows box in order to get it over to my Mac.
On the VMWare side things seems much easier with VMWare converter.
Maybe I should switch from Parallels to VMWare Fusion instead on the Mac…
Best Answer
according to roderick.triple-it.nl and virtualizationdaily.com you can use qemu to convert vmware images to parallels images.
install qemu, so you have access to qemu-img binary.
sudo port install qemu
convert the vmdk to a raw hdd image
qemu-img convert appliance-harddrive-name.vmdk -O raw appliance-harddrive-name-raw.hdd
create a custom linux parallel virtual machine with the .hdd as disk image.
that said, the reason i prefer vmware fusion is because i like being able to run all the vmware appliances without doing the above...