Importing Existing KVM qcow2 Virtual Machines

[Densha]

Dear Group,

I am new to Proxmox and I would like to import several of my existing Virtual Machines form KVM to try out Proxmox. I have the disk images (Windows server 2008 and RHEL 5.0, 6 and 7.0) in .qcow2 format.

I am sure this is a common requirement. However, I cannot locate instructions on how to do this. Could some point me instructions on how to do this?

Do I need to sftp the files to a directory on the server? If so where? Or can I use the GUI.

Since I am new I am not sure how to do it?

Cheers

Densha

 

[Alwin]

Do I need to sftp the files to a directory on the server? If so where? Or can I use the GUI.

Depends all on the type of storage, but check out our docs (also offline in the PVE gui).
https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/chapter-qm.html#_importing_virtual_machines_and_disk_images

 

[nexusguy59]

This is what I used and it worked very well, I am not sure what you were using before but I would assume it's the same concept across all platforms. The main thing is converting with qemu convert tool. I used winSCP to copy the images to the nodes themselves.

https://www.sysorchestra.com/2017/0...to-proxmox-kvm-with-lvm-thin-logical-volumes/

or this one as well

http://www.howdididothat.info/2011/05/11/migrate-vmware-image-to-proxmox-ve/

I hope this helps you.

Michael