Reload the Configuration of the virtual computer after changing the VMX file

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• How do the .vmx file

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• Power supply error after converting old .vmx file

  To start, that's what I'm working with:

  VMWare ESXi 4.1.0 (and vSphere client)

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  What I'm trying to accomplish is to take an older VMWare machine, convert it, and then add it in the new client. Problem is after I convert the old file, transfer it to the data store, then add the inventory on what it will not feed machine and I get the following error message:

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  . Encoding = "windows-1252".
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  guestOS = "other26xlinux."
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  ethernet0. Present = 'TRUE '.
  ethernet0. AddressType = 'generated '.
  ethernet0. ConnectionType = "bridged".
  ethernet0.startConnected = 'TRUE '.
  Ethernet1. Present = 'TRUE '.
  Ethernet1. AddressType = 'generated '.
  Ethernet1. ConnectionType = "hostonly".
  Ethernet1.startConnected = 'TRUE '.
  ide0:0. Present = 'TRUE '.
  ide0:0. AutoDetect = 'TRUE '.
  ide0:0. FileName = "automatic detection".
  ide0:0. DeviceType = "cdrom-raw"
  scsi0. Present = 'TRUE '.
  scsi0.virtualDev = "free".
  scsi0:0. Present = 'TRUE '.
  scsi0:0. FileName = "Covergence.vmdk".
  scsi0:1.present = 'TRUE '.
  scsi0:1.filename = "Convergence - 0.vmdk".
  vmci0. Present = 'TRUE '.
  lsilogic.noDriver = "FALSE".
  EHCI. Present = 'TRUE '.
  NVRAM = "Covergence.nvram."
  Priority.Grabbed = 'normal '.
  Priority.ungrabbed = 'normal '.
  scsi0:0. Redo = «»
  scsi0:1.redo = «»
  virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted".
  insulation. Tools.hgfs.Disable = 'TRUE '.
  tools.remindInstall = 'TRUE '.
  pciBridge0.present = 'TRUE '.
  Tools.Upgrade.Policy = "useGlobal".
  pciBridge4.present = 'TRUE '.
  pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
  pciBridge5.present = 'TRUE '.
  pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
  pciBridge6.present = 'TRUE '.
  pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
  pciBridge7.present = 'TRUE '.
  pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

  And here's what the old file was inside before being converted:

  #! / opt/vmware/server/bin/vmware
  config.version = '8 '.
  virtualHW.version = "4".
  numvcpus = '1 '.
  scsi0. Present = 'TRUE '.
  scsi0.virtualDev = "free".
  memsize = '512 '.
  MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE".
  floppy0. Present = "FALSE".
  USB. Present = 'TRUE '.
  Sound.Present = "FALSE".
  sound.virtualDev = "es1371.
  sound.fileName = "-1".
  Sound.AutoDetect = "TRUE".
  displayName = "convergence Session Manager.
  guestOS = "other26xlinux."
  NVRAM = "Covergence.nvram."

  #serial0.present = "FALSE".
  Serial0.filetype = 'file '.
  Serial0.filename = "ttys0.txt".

  ethernet0. Present = 'TRUE '.
  Ethernet1. Present = 'TRUE '.
  ethernet0. AddressType = 'generated '.
  Ethernet1. AddressType = 'generated '.
  Ethernet1. ConnectionType = "hostonly".
  UUID. Location = '56 4 d cf 63 ba 16 39 4f - 36 of 93 07 94 30 3 c 79'
  UUID. BIOS = "56 4 d 22 6th b3 41 36 31 - 9f ea 2d 9F 6 d 7 d d0 0F".
  ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00: 0C: d 29:9e:6: 7 d.
  ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = '0 '.
  Ethernet1.generatedAddress = "00: 0C: 29:9e:6 d: 87.
  Ethernet1.generatedAddressOffset = "10".

  scsi0:0. Present = 'TRUE '.
  scsi0:0. FileName = "SystemDrive.vmdk".
  scsi0:1.present = 'TRUE '.
  scsi0:1.filename = "SetupDrive.vmdk".

  Priority.Grabbed = 'normal '.
  Priority.ungrabbed = 'normal '.

  scsi0:0. Redo = «»
  scsi0:1.redo = «»

  virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted".
  Tools.Upgrade.Policy = "manual".

  insulation. Tools.hgfs.Disable = 'TRUE '.

  tools.remindInstall = 'TRUE '.
  checkpoint.vmState = «»

  I am new to all this installation of VMWare server so I am at a loss to know what to do to solve this problem. Any help will be appreciated.

  Welcome to the community,

  Problem is once I have converted the old file, download on the data store, and then add the machine to the inventory...

  Could you explain what exactly you were doing.

  • What is product VMware has been the virtual machine running before you converted?
  • How do you have it convert?
  • Why don't you use the converter to convert the virtual machine directly to ESXi, instead of convert and download?

  André