Windows 10: Mounting VMware Workstation snapshots with split vmdk files

I recently migrated from Hyper-V to VMware Workstation. As someone that has used Parallels Desktop on OS X (now macOS) for years, I find the capabilities (such as VMware Tools integration) of VMware as well as UI superior -- just my opinion.

However, I am attempting to capture an image of a VM created in VMware Workstation to deploy on other PCs (similar to @here). My issue is with Hyper-V, mounting a snapshot image via disk-mgmt was straight forward; but with VMware, my VM disk is based on split .vdmk files and am not sure which file to mount using the "File --> Map Virtual Disk" function.

Also, out of curiosity, is there a way to mount the hard-disk of one VM inside another VM Guest OS? I would appreciate help from anyone and would also like to hear from @jimbo45 as you seem familiar with VMware as well.





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How do I convert a VHD to VMDK?

I have made a VHD using DISK2VHD and I wanted to know how to convert the VHD to a VMware VMDK file.

I have tried to download VSphere Converter, but my VMware account refused to send me my account activation emails.

If there is any other software or converters I can use, that would be great

-Dare.

 

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Win10 Pro 64-bit with latest updates. Any suggestion to make VMware 7.1.6 work is welcome - PKM