Possible?: Install Parallels+Windows on machine 1, transfer VM to machine 2?

[kristianmartin]

Situation:

I have a MacBook Pro I need to update (OS, Parallels, etc) and install Autodesk's Revit+AutoCAD architecture Suite Web update 1 in very little time. Rather than wait and do it all in one go when the user is in, I was wondering if it was possible to transfer a VM that I created on one machine to another. Is there something else besides making sure that the VM is shared amongst all users (option at install) that needs to be checked? Thanks.

- kris

 

[John@Parallels]

Just copy VM folder from one Mac to another
and open Configuration Editor -Hard Disk 1- and select hdd path to correspond to current locations

For multi-user access Parallels Desktop for Mac user guide from http://www.parallels.com/en/download/file/doc/Parallels_Desktop_for_Mac_User_Guide.pdf on page 235

 

[tonycarreon]

the only thing i can think of that will pose a problem is that all of the VMs will have the same windows name, which will cause conflicts - that and you're using one xp installation across multiple machines which is a violation of windows EULA. as long as you have the serials you should be okay on that end though.

 

[John@Parallels]

If you start only one machine at time it is not EULA violation, and thus duplicate machine name will be gone also