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 ====== Convert a VMWare VMDK disk image to Xen HVM  ======
-[[http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Software/Server/Virtual_Machines/Xen/Converting_VMWare_Image_to_Xen]]
+[[http://linux.cloudibee.com/2008/11/vmware-to-xen-conversion]]
+Here are the steps for converting Vmware windows/linux guest to Xen format. You need qemu-img tool (from the qemu-utils package) for the conversion.
+==== Extra Step for Converting a Vmware Windows VM Guest ====
+You first have to ensure that your image has IDE drivers installed (see [[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314082|Microsoft kb314082]])
+===== Conversion steps =====
+==== Check the format of the vmware vmdk file ====
+Halt the vmware VM.
+<code>
+# qemu-img info FreeNAS-9.2.1.5-RELEASE-x64.vmdk
+image: FreeNAS-9.2.1.5-RELEASE-x64.vmdk
+file format: vmdk
+virtual size: 1.9G (2000027648 bytes)
+disk size: 846M
+</code>
+If the file format is “raw”, we do not need to convert the image file using qemu-img convert, just rename to file with the .img extension. If it is not “raw”, use “qemu-img” to convert the image to raw format.
+==== Convert Using qemu-img ====
+<code>
+# qemu-img convert FreeNAS-9.2.1.5-RELEASE-x64.vmdk -O raw /var/opt/localImg/FreeNAS-9.2.1.5-RELEASE-x64.img
+</code>
+==== Create Xen Config File ====
+Create the Xen config file in **/etc/xen/guest22**, with the renamed/converted image file as disk.
+<code>
+disk = [ 'file:/volumes/guest22/guest22.img,hda,w' ]
+</code>
+==== Boot up the Xen domU Guest ====
+It should boot up fine.