How to convert VM from Proxmox To VMware

[fcarpintero]

Hi Community,

Is there official documentation on how to convert a VM from Proxmox to VMware and what tools/converters are used that is CLI or a third party product etc.

Regards!

 

[bbgeek17]

this is as official as it can get: https://linux.die.net/man/1/qemu-img

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Blockbridge : Ultra low latency all-NVME shared storage for Proxmox - https://www.blockbridge.com/proxmox

 

[aderumier]

Command line. Qm importdisk .

 

[alexskysilk]

easiest way is to use vmware converter (https://www.vmware.com/products/converter.html) in p2v mode.

 

[spirit]

qm disk import <vmid> <source> <storage>

ex:
qm disk import 100 yourfile.vmdk local-lvm

 

[bbgeek17]

Command line. Qm importdisk .

qm disk import <vmid> <source> <storage>

OP asked about PVE > ESX, not the other way around.

Not sure if vmware converter can handle it, but qemu-img certainly seems to be the favorite in various blogs.

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Blockbridge : Ultra low latency all-NVME shared storage for Proxmox - https://www.blockbridge.com/proxmox

 

[alexskysilk]

Not sure if vmware converter can handle it,

Sure- as p2v it can migrate any running device, physical or virtual. you can also use clonezilla but its not as neatly integrated (converter can send it directly to a vm on vcsa.)

 

[spirit]

OP asked about PVE > ESX, not the other way around.

Not sure if vmware converter can handle it, but qemu-img certainly seems to be the favorite in various blogs.

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Blockbridge : Ultra low latency all-NVME shared storage for Proxmox - https://www.blockbridge.com/proxmox

oh sorry.

If you have a file storage , you can use move disk to convert to vmdk. (works also online if you want to reduce downtime).

qm move_disk <vmid> <disk> <filestorage> --format vmdk

ex:

qm move_disk 100 scsi0 myfilestorage --format vmdk

 

[Scotty]

I would consider using the GUI. In your VM select the disk and then at the top of the screen you have 'Disk Actions', one of which is to 'move' the disk and you can select vmdk.