Copying a virtual machine to another Mac

[mlevin77]

I have a Linux (Ubuntu) VM running perfectly in VMWare Fusion on my Apple 10.8.5 system. I've now copied the whole virtual machine file (package) to a new machine running 10.9.5, installed VMWare, and am trying to open it. It opens, and gives no errors (claims it is running) but the screen is black - I can't see anything at all happening. How do I figure out what's going on with this thing - what's the procedure to have a VM working on another Mac - something besides just copying the VM package?

Mike

[ColoradoMarmot]

Shut down (not suspend) the VM, and remove all snapshots.  Then it should copy over just fine.

[Mikero]

On the new system, assuming it's 'resuming' into the black screen, you could just reboot the VM from the ' Virtual Machine' menu.

Hold 'Option' and do a 'Reset' (which force-reboots the VM).

Does that work?