How to create a virtual machine using VirtualBox vs Vmware and VirtualBox

How to create a virtual machine using VirtualBox vs Vmware and VirtualBox

VirtualBox vs Vmware
The latest version of VirtualBox is 4.2.12.
Create a windows 8 VM
You can drag files and share clipboard between hosts and virtual machines,



The biggest advantage of vmware over VirtualBox is that it does not need to enter the bios to enable the VT-x function. It should be self-simulated.
VirtualBox has the following advantages over vmware: Free Software and complete functions.
The following describes virtualBox

Create a virtual machine using VirtualBox

Pay attention to the following points:
When selecting the file format, the default format of VirtualBox is vdi, which is only supported by VirtualBox. It is best to choose vmdk, so that the virtual machine can be read with vmware software.
After most options are created, they can still be changed before starting the virtual machine. Except the disk size.
How to implement mutual access between hosts and virtual machines in VirtualBox
VirtualBox uses the nat method by default. The access to the Internet is exactly the same as that of the host, and the host can access the host, but the host cannot access the virtual machine.
If you want the host to access the VM, add a NIC in the VM settings option and set the type to host-only. After the setting is complete, the host still cannot access the Virtual Machine. Disable the firewall of the virtual machine.





How to move vdi files
If you select vdi as the disk format and need to move the file, you will find that you cannot access the vdi file after the location is moved. VirtualBox claims that uuid is enabled for the vdi file, therefore, you cannot arbitrarily modify the mobile vdi.
So how to move and copy it?
You can simply copy or move a vdi, and then delete the vdi configuration file. In windows, its configuration file is in the c: \ users \ <username> directory:



Select create Vm and select the existing virtual machine, that is, select the vdi file.

How to Use vdi files by vmware software

Vmware cannot directly use vdi files. You can use the VirtualBox export function. The export format is generally oaf, which is a standard Virtual Machine file format. Both vmware and VirtualBox support importing this format. In addition, the format is compressed. Generally, 20 GB of vdi is exported to oaf, which is about 10 Gb.
After the file is exported to oaf and imported to the oaf file using vmware, vmware may report a warning: "It may not be available after import". Ignore this warning and vmware will eventually store it in vmdk format.