Convert .vmdk to qcow2: parse Error

[g.jacobse]

After setting a fresh instance, followed directions on how to import a working .vmdk and convert to .qcow2. No errors received during convert and syntax appears to be correctly processed. However, when starting the VM I receive this error:


TASK ERROR: unable to parse lvm volume name 'server_name.qcow2'

nano /etc/pve/local/qemu-server/100.conf

boot: order=ide0;ide2;net0
cores: 1
ide0: local-lvm:server_name.qcow2
ide2: cdrom,media=cdrom
memory: 1024
name: dPi-ubnt
net0: virtio=1A:E8:3D:C6:20:4D,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1
numa: 0
ostype: l26
scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci
smbios1: uuid=d64891b9-9df2-4411-907a-69e632d0e2d9
sockets: 1
unused0: local-lvm:vm-100-disk-0
vmgenid: b85b3fb6-47aa-4bbb-8986-8b8d68b5ced8

 

[Dominic]

You should not use a .qcow2 file on local-lvm. It is not supported by Proxmox VE. The Wiki has an overview of all storages and their supported formats.

Please use the commands that you find in the migration guide in the Proxmox VE Wiki instead, especially qm importdisk. This will take care of all the conversions that you need, also including different storage types available in Proxmox VE.

 

[g.jacobse]

Thank you for the response Dominic - Interestingly enough, that is exactly the page I followed when attempting to import the .vmdk - reading the VMWare section.

I get the error when trying to destroy the 100 instance now as well.

 

[Dominic]

That's because

local-lvm:server_name.qcow2

is not valid syntax. It should (similar to unused0 in the VM config) be

local-lvm:vm-100-disk-1

You can manually remove the line from the VM configuration file /etc/pve/qemu-server/100.conf. Note that this will not change the underlying logical volume. You should still be able to see it using

lvs