how P2V in Proxmox ?

[Mehrdad.x]

Hello

explain first:

There is an small company, they have an HP Z440 Workstaion, thair Servers are on PCs and i want to move them on Z440

I prefer to use Proxmox but i have no idea how to p2v with proxmox as there is no official tool for that but in other hand i can use esxi with vmware p2v converter that is a reliable tool.

so i can use Proxmox ?

 

[leesteken]

Maybe the Wiki can get you started? https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Advanced_Migration_Techniques_to_Proxmox_VE

 

[Mehrdad.x]

Maybe the Wiki can get you started? https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Advanced_Migration_Techniques_to_Proxmox_VE

there should be an software something... filezilla and then cli commands is not fast and reliable enough

 

[LnxBil]

cli commands is not fast and reliable enough

The whole linux community begs to differ

 

[aaron]

Any tool that allows booting a live system on the physical host and the target VM to transfer disk contents.

That can be just a regular Linux live system and dd + ssh on both sides. Or something more guided like Clonezilla. There are surely also other more commercial tools out there that can do the same thing.

Afterward, you most likely have to go through a few post migration steps, for example adapting the network config, install guest tools and so forth. On Windows, switching to the VirtIO Drivers can be a bit more complicated. See the "Post Migration" section here: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Migrate_to_Proxmox_VE

 

[gfngfn256]

filezilla and then cli commands is not fast and reliable enough

No software is probably going to be either faster or more reliable than an image of the physical disks together with CLI commands.

One other probable rule; if someone does not know how to achieve P2V manually - he probably won't manage with software either.

 

[AceBandge]

I'm new to Proxmox, and I love everything so far about it. And it keeps getting better. However I do understand what Mehrdad.x is asking. I'm in the process of migrating over from the Evil VMWare platform. The one nice tool they had was their Stand alone Converter tool. It took an image of a workstation physical or virtual and would remotely load it in to an EXSi host.
If any of the amazing and incredible Proxmox developers are looking for ideas, a converter tool like that would be a nice feature. It could be built in to Proxmox VE or PDM or even to the Backup Server. Or just as a stand alone tool.
I know there are a lot of free tools out there that will convert to an image, like Clonezilla, etc. but then its a matter of converting to correct format, building the VM with correct specs, attaching the drive, and then pray it starts up.
I'm just saying it would be a nice feature to have.