@applejack wrote: An easier option to fix this is to use VMware Converter Standalone if you have access to that application.   You can install vmware converter standalone on any Windows machine and use it to convert the orginal .vmdk files (downloaded from Cloudera) to a new ESX host.   You will need to unzip the files that are downloaded from Cloudera to extract the .vmx and .vmdk files to a network share or put them on the same server where you install vmware converter.  Either way will work.   Install vmware converter standalone on Windows Server.   Map a drive to the .vmx files from the vmware converter server or copy the .vmx and .vmdk classroom files locally to the vmware converter server.   Start up vmware converter and choose "Backup image or third-party virtual machine"   Browse to the network share (or local drive) that has the .vmx file.   Connect to your vcenter server or a stand-alone ESXi host.   Choose your Display Name   Choose which storage volume to store the Hadoop training virtual machine on.   Configure your network settings; maybe change the storage to thin provisioned; and make any other changes to the virtual machine if you want.   After that the conversion process should run and within 10-15 minutes it should convert the files over to the new server and you should be good to go.   Though I had to upgrade my vCenter Standalone Converter from v4.0.1 to v6.1.0 (latest at the time of print), the installation method described in this post works perfectly, and is indeed the simplest way to get the VM image on an ESXi box.   Thanks     ... View more