How to export your already created VM and import it on another machine?

1: Export

After you closed your VM, wait for about 30 min. Then, Click on Tools and then Export. Select your machine and follow the default settings.

2: Upload

You will result with an .ova (Open Virtual Appliance) file. Upload it a shared online storage.

3: Download and Extract

When you get on another machine, download the .ova file from the shared storage.

Then, extract it. On Linux, you can do

  tar -xvf [name_of_your_vm].ova

This will result in 3 new files. You care about .vmdk file.

4 Import

Open the VM manager. Click New. Name your machine and select OS. Click Next. Give it RAM (I did 20Gb out of 32GB since the VM will be the only one running). On the next step select Use an existing virtual hard disk file. Click Add and locate the .vmdk file that you extracted in the step 3. Click Choose and then Create.

5 Run

Select your machine and run it.