Getting server images into Proxmox

[tanka]

Hi,

Here is my situation. I have live server Windows 2008 Server - no VM. I was wondering if one could copy an image of this working server and install it on Proxmox. i.e maybe switch it off and dd the whole os or HDD and save it as an .img file which could then be loaded within Proxmox?

Am a beginner with Proxmox and curious with the possibilities Proxmox could offer. Idea is start using Proxmox and then migrate Active Directory from this Win 2008 server to Win 2016 server on the same hardware.

Would really appreciate pointers on this if there is a solution to getting this done.

Best regards,

Tanka

 

[mbaldini]

https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Migrat...o_Proxmox_VE_.28KVM.29_using_VMware_Converter

Those steps are a bit outdated, when you have the vmdk file, you can import in a new VM in proxmox with qm importdisk
After that, you should install all the virtios drivers in windows (balloon, virtio-scsi, qemu guest agent, virtio ethernet) to have best performance