Device flags for `qm ovfimport`?

[AveryFreeman]

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 way, too

1. I had to change to UEFI boot
2. I had to add a UEFI boot disk
3. I had to add a NIC (vmxnet3 seemed to work best OOB, but I'd like these to be virtio eventually - what's the necessary process?)
4. I changed the display to SPICE, since I use Linux workstations exclusively myself, and nobody else needs access

Anyone have a similar experience and want to share their flags for these or other best practices?

 

[Magnus-mercer]

You can follow the detailed steps for importing OVF/OVA files into Proxmox in this guide: https://www.vinchin.com/vm-backup/proxmox-import-ova-ovf.html?s=h5qzrxad4c. It should help resolve your issue.

 

[AveryFreeman]

Cool, thanks for the link, I'll report back to help the community