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That is probably a VirtualBox VM. Install VirtualBox on your PC, then try opening the VDI from within that.
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That is probably a VirtualBox VM. Install VirtualBox on your PC, then try opening the VDI from within that.

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Which appliance did you download ?
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Hello Experts,<br />
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I have just downloaded a virtual appliance <b>lisa-2.0.1-centos-6.3.vdi</b> from the following website, <br />
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<a href="https://community.gns3.com/community/software/download/appliances/blog/2014/10/03/virtualboxhttps://community.gns3.com/community/software/download/appliances/blog/2014/10/03/virtualbox" rel="ugc">https://community.gns3.com/community/software/download/appliances/blog/2014/10/03/virtualboxhttps://community.gns3.com/community/software/download/appliances/blog/2014/10/03/virtualbox</a><br />
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The virtual appliance is intended to be be a virtual router. <br />
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Can someone let me know if all I need to do is upload the file to my VMware ESXi 5.5 and then I'll have a virtual machine? I have not seen a virtual machine with the extension .vdi<br />
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Cheers<br />
<br />
Carlton
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Hello Experts,

I have just downloaded a virtual appliance lisa-2.0.1-centos-6.3.vdi from the following website, 



https://community.gns3.com/community/software/download/appliances/blog/2014/10/03/virtualboxhttps://community.gns3.com/community/software/download/appliances/blog/2014/10/03/virtualbox

The virtual appliance is intended to be be a virtual router. 

Can someone let me know if all I need to do is upload the file to my VMware ESXi 5.5 and then I'll have a virtual machine? I have not seen a virtual machine with the extension .vdi

Cheers

Carlton

VMware Virtual Machine Question

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.