Prepare for shipping Runs on: VMware® Player - 4.0.6 build-1035888 Run bleachbit Run the configureVM tool and ensure that the configure script will run on next boot Set the name of the VM to reflect its version KUBUNTU_LTS1404_V01 check that the file /root/.vix/config - does not exist Better still: delete the directory /root/.vix Better still: Install a new version of the VIXubuntu1404LTS_VMcfg package Purge the package base apt-get autoremove ; apt-get clean apt-get; autoclean Shrink the virtual disk Within the VM run 'vmware-toolbox' Shrink the root partition. This will wipe and shrink the Virtual Disk Or, from command line: vmware-toolbox-cmd disk shrink / Power off the Machine Remove the 'caches' directory and log files Zip the entire directory - initially about 4.2 Gigabytes Transfer zip to \\auperaarc01\releases\VirtualMachines\release Save old VM image under \\auperaarc01\releases\VirtualMachines\archive