Where do I have to copy existing VMs?

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Hi.

I am still a newb to Proxmox.
If I already have virtual machines (KVM), how and where do I have to copy them to the Proxmox Server so they can be started?


KVM is capable of starting VMware VMs.
Can Proxmox do this too?

Thanks in Advance
 
Hi.

I am still a newb to Proxmox.
If I already have virtual machines (KVM), how and where do I have to copy them to the Proxmox Server so they can be started?


KVM is capable of starting VMware VMs.
Can Proxmox do this too?

Thanks in Advance
Hi,
there is an config-file for each VM below /etc/pve/qemu-server/
In this config is the hardware (textfile).
If you want to use an existing hdd-file, just create an VM, look in the config and copy the hdd rawfile to the right location.
For VM 100 and local storage is /var/lib/vz/images/100/vm-100-disk-1.raw the right place.

vmdk-files can be used (not sure if all formats are possible). But you can also convert vmdk-files with qemu-img.

Udo
 

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