Migrate Vagrant VirtualBox VM to VMware Fusion

Notes:

• Unfortunately the process is not as simple as I'd have expected it, that's why I wrote this little step-by-step instruction.
• My setup is/was:
  • OSX 10.9.4
  • VirtualBox 4.3.12
  • VMware Fusion 6.0.4
  • OS as VM to migrate: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS

Export from VirtualBox

1. Open Oracel VM VirtualBox Manager
2. Make sure the VM is powered off
3. Go to 'File' > 'Export Appliance', select your instance and hit 'next'.
4. Change destination folder for the *.ova if you like
5. Set Format to 'OVF 1.0' and push 'next'
6. Change some Appliance Settings if you like. Hit the 'export button' and get a coffee

Import into VMware

1. Go to 'add' > 'import' and select your previouly created .ova image
2. Change the destination folder if you like and push 'save'
   • VMware may inform you that the image does not passed the OVF specs - ignore it an retry. It should work anyway.

Prepare box

1. Go to location where your VMNAME.vmwarevm exists in cd into it.
2. Make sure a 'metadata.json' file is in it. Otherweise create it. The minimum content should be: {"provider":"vmware_fusion"} For more info read: https://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/boxes/format.html
3. run tar cvzf NAME.box ./*to pack it. (This may take a while, so get a coffee)

Use it with Vagrant

1. Backup the 'Vagrantfile' and the '.vagrant/'' folder
2. Comment all providespecific settings in you Vagrantfile
3. To add the box run: vagrant box add /path/to/VMNAME.vmwarevm/NAME.box --provider=vmware_fusion --name=NAME (Relax and enjoy your coffee)

# The output should look something like this:
b21:htdocs biophonc$ vagrant box add /Virtual-Machines/pp.vmwarevm/pp.box --provider=vmware_fusion --name=pp
==> box: Adding box 'pp' (v0) for provider: vmware_fusion
    box: Downloading: file:///Virtual-Machines/pp.vmwarevm/pp.box
==> box: Successfully added box 'pp' (v0) for 'vmware_fusion'!

4. Verify it by fireing it up:

b21:htdocs biophonc$ vagrant up
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'vmware_fusion' provider...
==> default: Cloning VMware VM: 'pp'. This can take some time...
==> default: Verifying vmnet devices are healthy...
==> default: Preparing network adapters...
==> default: Starting the VMware VM...
==> default: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes...
  default: SSH address: 192.168.27.129:22
  default: SSH username: vagrant
  default: SSH auth method: private key
==> default: Machine booted and ready!
==> default: Forwarding ports...
  default: -- 22 => 2222
==> default: Configuring network adapters within the VM...
==> default: Waiting for HGFS kernel module to load...
==> default: Enabling and configuring shared folders...
  default: -- /Volumes/projects/presseportal.v2/htdocs: /vagrant
  default: -- /Volumes/projects/presseportal.v2/htdocs/presseportal: /var/www/presseportal.de

5. Tweak the provider specific config if you like to...

That's it!