Quickly create vmware virtual machine from the ghost image file .gho

Quickly create vmware virtual machine from the ghost image file .gho

https://www.cnblogs.com/blog2018/p/8857146.html

ghost file .gho and vmware files are disk images, but the magic is that the two companies belong to the file format, was able to convert each other.

Methods as below:

1. Convert ghost .gho files to the hard disk vmware vmdk file
command line command:

ghost32 -clone,mode=restore,src=YOUR-GHOST-FILE.gho,dst=YOUR-VM-NAME.vmdk -batch -sure

It can convert files to vmdk file gho

2. Create a system that matches the original and the ghost of a virtual machine
in vmware, press the "New Virtual Machine" wizard, create a ghost of the original system and matching virtual machine.

For example, ghost of the original system is win7 x64, a new virtual machine operating system, but also choose windows 7 64 bits.
Memory, hard drive, you can choose accordingly.

When you run the wizard, a few small details that need attention:

• "Installing a Guest Operating System" step, select "install the operating system later."
• "Specify the disk capacity" step, select the "virtual disk is stored as a single file."
• After the wizard finishes, without starting a virtual machine

3. cover vmdk file
from step 1 converts the generated vmdk file, copied to the virtual machine directory created in step 2 vmware wizard, covering the corresponding vmdk file

Then, start the virtual machine, you can boot the ghost image of the operating system.

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There is a command-line tool vmware vmrun, for executing the command vmware; binding ghost32, this complete set of operations can be automated. Needy students can continue to study.

Reference documents:

• Creating a Workstation virtual machine using existing VMDK virtual disks (2010196)
  https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2010196
• Converting Image File Format From GHO to VMDK and From VMDK to GHO
  https://www.symantec.com/connect/articles/converting-image-file-format-gho-vmdk-and-vmdk-gho
• Vmrun use the command line to create vmware virtual machine
  http://www.cnblogs.com/phpdragon/p/5111692.html

 

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