Opening a VMDK file using VirtualBox and Workstation is not as straightforward as many people might think. You can’t just double-click on the file and expect it to load, nor can you load it directly using your hypervisor.
To open a virtual image like VMDK, you’ll need to mount the file and then configure hardware resources and settings before your hypervisor can load the virtual machine.
It’s not as complicated as it sounds, and we’ve created a step-by-step guide on how to do so using…