Can you take VM's with you?

[ShitBalls]

I need to make 2 VM's, one with windows server 2003 and the other with windows XP.

Problem is, is that I need it to run on a different computer when I go there.
So my question, can I take VM's with me on a disk, usb, external hardrive?

[sbradford26]

[QUOTE=ShitBalls;18854749]I need to make 2 VM's, one with windows server 2003 and the other with windows XP.

Problem is, is that I need it to run on a different computer when I go there.
So my question, can I take VM's with me on a disk, usb, external hardrive?[/QUOTE]

You just need to install them on your computer then take those hard drives to your portable hard drive. Then have vm installed on the other computer.

[ShitBalls]

[QUOTE=sbradford26;18855029]You just need to install them on your computer then take those hard drives to your portable hard drive. Then have vm installed on the other computer.[/QUOTE]

So everything I do on the VM's is the same if I transfer it to another computer?
Because I need to configure the server and use that to change things on the client(xp)

[ShaRose]

I've moved VMs between computers with no issues. The only thing that came up was 'you have a different cpu' but that was nothing at all. Moved from dual core to quad core.

[Emtu]

You can use virtual machines on any computer, just make sure you have the same version of whatever software you're using to run the VM's or you can run into problems.

[ShitBalls]

Ok thanks.

[Roast Beast]

The VMs might need to be reactivated (different hardware) but that's about it.

[ShitBalls]

Changing the vmc that the vhd was assigned to doesn't break it right?

[Emtu]

[QUOTE=Roast Beast;18856269]The VMs might need to be reactivated (different hardware) but that's about it.[/QUOTE]
The point of a VM is that the hardware is emulated, you would never need to reactivate a virtual machine if you transfer it between different computers.

[Roast Beast]

[QUOTE=M2k3;18857631]The point of a VM is that the hardware is emulated, you would never need to reactivate a virtual machine if you transfer it between different computers.[/QUOTE]

The motherboard and RAM are emulated but my VMs recognize my real CPU. Though I guess that a different CPU wouldn't be enough to trigger reactivation.

[bios_hazard]

I know that if you are using VMWare, you can just drop the folder in a thumb drive (assuming you have space) and just "Open Existing VM" tell it you "Copied It" and you are good to go.

[birkett]

Also, if you own a copy of VMWare ACE, you can create ACE virtual machines, which are packaged in a single executable, that can be used on machines without any virtualisation software installed.