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HowtoMergeMultipleVMDKsintoSingleVMDK
April15,2014byShabbirAhmedinVMWare,VMWareWorkstation.
Inordertomergesplitvmdkfilesintoone,youneedtousethevmwarevdiskmanagercommand.However,thisisonlyavailableifyouhave
VMwareFusionorVMwareWorkstationinstalled.VMwarePlayerdoesnthavethis.
AlittleutilitycanbedownloadedseparatelyfromtheVMwaresite(KBArticle1023856).youcandownloadvdiskmanagerwindows7.0.1.exe.zip
asattachmentfile.
Oncedownloaded,unzipandrename1023856vdiskmanagerwindows7.0.1.exeintovmwarevdiskmanager.exeandcopyormovetothe
directorywhereVMwarePlayerisinstalled.
Theinstallationdirectorypathmaybelooklikeas
C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\VMware\VMwarePlayer
Inordertomergevmdkfiles,openaCommandPromptandCDtothedirectorywherethevmdkfilesarelocated.
Assumeyouhavethefollowingvmdkfiles:
vmdkname.vmdk
vmdknames001.vmdk
vmdknames002.vmdk
vmdknames003.vmdk
.......
ToMergethenintosinglevmdkfile.openthecommandpromptandrunthefollowingcommand
"C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\VMware\VMwarePlayer\vmwarevdiskmanager.exe"r"d:\VMLinux\vmdkname.vmdk"t0MyNewImage.vmdk
Thenewvmdkfilewillthenbecreated:
Creatingdisk'MyNewImage.vmdk'
Convert:80%done.
Oncedone,movetheoriginalvmdkfilestoadifferentdirectory.FinallyrenameMyNewImage.vmdktovmdkname.vmdkasitwasoriginally
named.
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6responsestoHowtoMergeMultipleVMDKsintoSingleVMDK
1. AlecMoellerNovember13,2014at10:22PMReply
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1. AlecMoellerNovember13,2014at10:22PMReply
Iamusingthiscommandbutdonotunderstandwhyigetanerror.
Mycommand:
C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\VMware\VMwareWorkstation>vmwarevdiskmanager.exerE:\Brookdale\VMs\DellUnivDesktop\dellUniv
Desktop.vmdkt0Dell_Univ_Desk.vmdk
butikeepcomingupwiththiserror:Disknameorsomeotherargumentismissing.
VMwareVirtualDiskManagerbuild1945795.
Usage:vmwarevdiskmanager.exeOPTIONS|
IamnotsurewhybecausethetheE:driveiswheremyVMDKisat.ThisisaexternalUSB3.0drive.Anyideas???
2. ShabbirAhmedNovember14,2014at8:48AMReply
Youhavespacesinyourpath,thatiswayyougottheerror.trytoputinquotes.forexample.
E:\Brookdale\VMs\DellUnivDesktop\dellUnivDesktop.vmdkt0Dell_Univ_Desk.vmdk
Ihopeitresolvesyourproblem.
3. SamuelYanaMarch3,2015at9:32PMReply
Hi,
Itrytomergedmultiplefilesvmdk(25filesvmdk)inonefilewithyourcommand:
C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\VMware\VMwareWorkstation>vmwarevdiskmanager.exerD:\
utilisateurs\Public\Documents\SharedVirtualMachines\WINXPTEST\WINXPTEST.vmdk
t0F:\WINXPTEST.vmdk
CreatingdiskF:\WINXPTEST.vmdk
Convert:100%done.
Virtualdiskconversionsuccessful.
Butonlyonefileiscreatedanditsancopyofthefirstfilevmdk!
Canyouhelpmetoresolvemyproblem?
Bestregards
Sam
ShabbirAhmedMarch4,2015at9:54AMReply
pleasetrytomergeintothesamedirectoryasididinmypost.forexample
C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\VMware\VMwareWorkstation>vmwarevdiskmanager.exerD:\
utilisateurs\Public\Documents\SharedVirtualMachines\WINXPTEST\WINXPTEST.vmdkt0WINXPTESTnew.vmdkandthen
renameaccordingly.
4. JorgeLuizJune21,2015at7:43PMReply
Ireceivethiserrorwhenitrytoconverterdethedisk.couldyouhelpme?
Failedtoconvertdisk:Afilewasnotfound(0x4).
ShabbirAhmedJune22,2015at12:20PMReply
pleasecheckthepathofthediskandvmwarevdiskmanager.exefile.alsomakesurethereisnospacebetweenyourpathandifthereisthen
addyourpathinquotes

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