VMware & XP imaging

[iceangel89]

in Art of OEM guide, it says install VMware in the process, but will it affect the image when i port it to a real PC? will it waste space etc?

[zorphnog]

If I understand you correctly, I think you may have misread. You do not install VMWare on the machine that you are imaging. You use a VMWare environment to make your image. Therefore, VMWare will not affect your image or take up any space because it is not actually on the image.

[dexter.inside]

If I understand you correctly, I think you may have misread. You do not install VMWare on the machine that you are imaging. You use a VMWare environment to make your image. Therefore, VMWare will not affect your image or take up any space because it is not actually on the image.

thought that was obvious

[iceangel89]

nono i meant VMware Tools not VMware, so that i can transfer files easily

[Siginet]

I think VMWare Tools are only meant for a VMWare system. Not on a real PC.

[iceangel89]

zzz... i mean, will installing VMware tools on a virtual machine that i am about to image cause waste in file space/problems when i image it to a real PC?

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Well why didn't you just say so??? It shouldn't cause any issues but it might waste like 20megs in space.

[dexter.inside]

If all you really need is to transfer files, mount the VMDK while offline in your physical machine and copy your stuff in there. The only reason to include VMware Tools would be for deployment on both physical machines and ESX Server.

[DigeratiPrime]

I would avoid installing VMware Tools if you intend to intend to migrate an image to a physical machine. I havent tried it so I dont know if using vmware tools will cause problems, but I know VirtualBox did not uninstall its guest additions properly. As dexter mentioned in his guide you can mount the vmdk in the host machine, or what I do is use the Acronis bootable Media CD to backup an image across the LAN.