ESXi Import Wizard ("ESXi" import-storage type not obvious or not there)

[ronejamesdo]

The instructions here:

https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Migrate_to_Proxmox_VE#Migration

say:

Automatic ESXi Import: Step by Step

To import VMs from an ESXi instance, you can follow these steps:

Make sure that your Proxmox VE is on version 8 (or above) and has the latest available system updates applied.
Add an "ESXi" import-source storage, through the Datacenter -> Storage -> Add menu.

I don't see that in mine.



Does this instruction refer to something obvious that I am too newbie to see, or did I botch my upgrade somehow?

I did it by going here:

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-enterprise.list

and added:

deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm pve-no-subscription

Then Updates -> Refresh and Updates - _Upgrade in the GUI.

I flipped away from the shell that makes (to check my current kernel level) without realizing that it was still open in another window. I waited awhile and rebooted since nothing ever changed but I don't *know* that the update finished. It says this now though:



Maybe the wizard requires a subscription?

Thanks.

RJD

 

[ronejamesdo]

Nevermind, shift-refresh on my browser. I assumed since my kernel and version updated everything on the page did.

RJD

 

[UdoB]

Nevermind,

Great it works for you now.

Did you notice "E: dpkg was interrupted..."? You should not ignore that, as it left your system in an unstable/inconsistent state. And refresh in your browser does not help with this.

 

[ronejamesdo]

Thanks. In case anyone else comes along I ran:

dpkg --configure -a

Which ended in:

Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.5.13-5-pve
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-6.5.13-5-pve
done
WARN: /dev/disk/by-uuid/97E3-840F does not exist - clean '/etc/kernel/proxmox-boot-uuids'! - skipping

So I ran:

proxmox-boot-tool clean

Which said:

Checking whether ESP '97E2-90A1' exists.. Found!
Checking whether ESP '97E3-840F' exists.. Not found!
Sorting and removing duplicate ESPs..

And seems to have sorted it.

RJD