Migrating OS X VMs from VMware Fusion 7 Pro to ESXi 5.5 | Der Flounder
Basically add
smc.present = "TRUE"
to the .vmx file that has been uploaded
To boot up the Mac OS X VM successfully, following steps must be followed on the vSphere Client –
Power OFF the restored VM.
Right click the VM and click on ‘Edit Settings’.
Click on ‘Options’ tab on top.
Click on ‘General’ under ‘Advanced’.
Click on the ‘Configuration Parameters...’ button seen on right. A new window will pop up with various parameters.
Click on ‘Name’ and everything will be sorted alphabetically. Look if ‘smc.present’ is already there.
If it is present and its value is ‘false’, then, change it to ‘true’.
If ‘smc.present’ is completely missing, then add it -
- Click on ‘Add Row’ and add the following values
- In the ‘Name’ column, type - smc.present
- In the ‘Value’ column, type - true
- Click on ‘OK’
- Power ON the VM
Other Keys that might be handy are
SMBIOS.use12CharSerialNumber = "TRUE"
serialNumber = xxxxxxxxxxxx