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    Device flags for `qm ovfimport`?

    Hi, I have a grip of ovf exports from a couple ESXi servers I need to import into Proxmox, and I was wondering if people have recommendations for flags to use during the import process I added devices manually on the first VM, which will be a pain if I have to do the next 10-12 of them that...
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    Import Hyper-V VHDX, in RAW umwandeln und auf ZFS Pool legen

    Hallo Zusammen, ich stehe leider total auf dem Schlauch und finde im Moment nicht die Lösung. Ich möchte eine Hyper-V VM, also VHDX Disk in Proxmox importieren und einer VM zu ordnen. Jetzt habe ich gelesen, ich muss die VHDX per FTP hochladen, und umwandlen. Z.B. hier Migrating VM's from...
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    Migration from VMware

    Hello, I have started my company on the journey of migrating our entire VMware infra to Proxmox. I am looking for some guidance on the Import utility if there is a way to import Thin Disks as Thin Disks. The import is working excellently but it appears to be creating qcow2 disks at the...
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    OLD RHEL5 ESXi VM wont boot after import from ESXi 6.7

    Hi all, new Proxmox user here. Migrated to ProxMox this weekend after purchasing a new server and realizing Broadcom had screwed us over with our perpetual ESXi Licensing. For the most part went easy, the import tool is awesome, learned a lot (mainly install VirtIO drivers in windows BEFORE...
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    Incorrect UUID after importing VM from ESXi?

    Last week I started using this great product and I'm in progress of migrating all of my VMs to the new proxmox software. For this, I used the functionality to import the VMs from ESXi directly. This works fine for Linux, but for Windows I had some issues to keep the activation working. At first...
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    Hyper-V Container import to Proxmox

    Hallo zusammen, ich versuche nun seit geraumer Zeit meinen Hyper-V Container in Proxmox zu importieren ich habe folgendes Video befolgt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvpQCk-8NKU jedoch kommt bei mir bei Minute 7.02 dieser Command geht bei mir nicht da erscheint folgender Fehlercode...
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    ESXi Import Wizard Error

    I am working on moving from a single free instance of ESXi to a single PVE server, using the same hardware.
As an interim step, I have installed PVE as a VM on the ESXi instance, and I am using a NFS share to import the VMs. The plan is to: Import all VMs from ESXi to the NFS volume, using the...
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    Export from PBS / Import in PVE

    Hi, I have a question about exporting backups from PBS to import them into PVE. I need to do this because the backups are too large to transfer over the network (internet), so I want to copy them to an external drive, transport the drive to the other server, and then import the backups. Is this...
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    Proxmox cluster does not work (freezes every time)

    Hello, since yesterday nothing works anymore on my Proxmox server, I have already reinstalled both servers, with the official iso file, but on my first server "Proxmox" the cluster does not work, there is always the one with the question mark shown, and when I go to the server in...
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    EMERGENCY: Proxmox Server Failure

    Help!! I recently upgrade to Proxmox 8 and now, my entire server fails to start. It usually starts with a few ACPI GPIO failures and then it tells me that my ZFS pool for all my home's data is failing to import. Then after reaching the login screen, after about 10 seconds, the entire server...
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    Confused on OVF Import & Ceph

    I have a VM on my QNAP under Virtualization Station. I have shut it down, exported it as a .OVF, imported it using: qm "importovf 300 ./turnkey-core-16.1-buster-amd64.ovf HDD_500GB --format qcow2" It imports just fine, takes a while, and it is going on a CEPH filesystem, however, after it is...
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    qm importdisk generates a 1000 GiB vmdk file from a 60GiB vmdk

    Good morning everyone! We are trying to migrate a 60 GiB vmdk Virtual Machine to Proxmox 8.0.3, but "qm import" is generating a 1000 GiB vmdk file root@pve:~# qm importdisk 103 /mnt/pve/Synology/vmfile.vmdk DISK_SDK --format vmdk importing disk '/mnt/pve/Synology/vmfile.vmdk' to VM 103 ...
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    import qcow2 - error message non existent or non regular file

    Hi, I want to migrate form HyperV to Proxmox but keep my VMs. After some reading I found out that you can export the VMs from HyperV, convert them to qcow2 with Starwind V2V and continue to use the virtual hard disk in proxmox. After doing so I copied the filename.qcow2 file in the root...
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    SOLVED: Ports needed for vmware import?

    What ports would need to be open between vmware and proxmox to import vms from ESX? I can't seem to find this anywhere.
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    Migration VM from OLVM to Proxmox

    Hi, How to perform migration from OLVM (kvm based) to promox without using command 'qm importdisk'? Is the another way to import using gui?
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    Backup&Restore Proxmox Settings

    There is any way to backup : DATA CENTER - Notes - Permissions > Users - Permissions > API Token - Permissions > Two Factor - Permissions > Groups - Permissions > Pools - Permissions > Roles - Firewall > Group - Firewall > Group > Rules - Firewall > Alias - Firewall > Group - My Settings >...
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    The vm disk is imported incorrectly.

    On older servers when the second hard disk of the VIRTUAL machine is a PV physical volume.When qEMu-img is converted into a qcow2 hard disk file and imported to a new server through qm importDisk, the server identifies the hard disk as a new PV physical volume.However, this results in a...
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    [SOLVED] Re-install Proxmox

    Hi, I am a fairly in-experienced Linux and Proxmox user, although I have had a Proxmox installation running for a couple of years, with different VM's and containers. I have Proxmox installed on single 60 GB SSD drive, and I have all VM's on a 500 GB SSD, in the same machine. Yesterday, my...
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    Import VMs/Containers from previous Proxmox install

    Hello. I have reinstalled Proxmox because I have changed my motherboard. In my rush, I did however forget to backup my VMs and containers. Stupid me. I am using ZFS raidz1 on two ssd disks, which I have successfully mounted. My question then is; is it possible to import the VMs and containers...

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