[SOLVED] import virtual box VM?

[killmasta93]

Hi
i currently trying to import a vm from virtual to proxmox, but im getting this issue

root@prometheus2:~# qm importovf 167 GSM-TRIAL-21.04.4-VirtualBox.ova local-zfs
GSM-TRIAL-21.04.4-VirtualBox.ova:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found
GSM-TRIAL-21.04.4-VirtualBox.ovf

so then tried to untar the ova file

root@prometheus2:~#  tar -xvf GSM-TRIAL-21.04.4-VirtualBox.ova
GSM-TRIAL-21.04.4-VirtualBox.ovf
GSM-TRIAL-21.04.4-VirtualBox-disk001.vmdk
GSM-TRIAL-21.04.4-VirtualBox.mf

then re ran but i got this

root@prometheus2:~# qm importovf 169 GSM-TRIAL-21.04.4-VirtualBox.ovf local-zfs
warning: unable to parse the VM name in this OVF manifest, generating a default value
invalid host ressource /disk/vmdisk1, skipping

was reading the v2v guides but could not find any documentation

Thank you

 

[ryba84]

I would recommend create vm with settings from virtualbox and convert vmdk to raw image:

qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O raw GSM-TRIAL-21.04.4-VirtualBox-disk001.vmdk /dev/path/to/vm-disk-nnn

 

[killmasta93]

Thanks for the reply, what happens is that it get stuck on boot screen

 

[killmasta93]

Just realized that the VM is uefi any idea to import it as an efi disk?

 

[ryba84]

In hardware You can change bios to OVMF (UEFI). Try, disk is UEFI already but You need proper bios.

 

[easyronny]

@killmasta93

You can do this very simpel, this is what I did with a Ubuntu workstation as also a Windows 7 machine start the machine under virtualbox and run the VMWare converter (freeware) wizard. Ater the conversion follow the steps in the artikel below

https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Migration_of_servers_to_Proxmox_VE

 

[killmasta93]

thank you guys, had to change it to UEFI for it to boot