Importing VMDK and configuring conf file

[AustinPowers]

Hi ,

im new to proxmox and i use version 7.1
in order of importing a VMDK to proxmox,

i followed this - https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Migration_of_servers_to_Proxmox_VE
especially this :
qemu-img convert -f vmdk /mnt/usb/windows-server/windows-server.vmdk -O qcow2 /var/lib/vz/images/100/windows-server.qcow2

Final Steps​

Once the conversion is complete, we need to edit the configuration file for the VM.
nano /etc/pve/local/qemu-server/100.conf
In the line with ide0: we want to change vm-100-disk-1.raw,size=32G to windows-server.qcow2

i stumble these issues :

1. when i edit the relevent conf file with the disk name it fails to fined it (ide0 : local-lvm:vm-106-disk.qcow2)
2. when i try to point the full path it fails with error illegal characters (/var/lib/vz/images/200/vm-106-disk.qcow2)
3. i also tried a relative path 200/vm-106-disk.qcow2 (some forum replay mentioned it)
4.i even copied the qcow2 file into /dev/pve and changed the conf file to ide0 : local-lvm:vm-106-disk.qcow2 but then i get the error "no such logical volume"


can anyone help please ?
thanks,

 

[gurubert]

local-lvm is the LVM based local storage. You cannot add a qcow2 image there.

local is the storage that usually uses /var/lib/vz as backend and handles qcow2 images.

You need to change the storage id in the VM configuration from local-lvm to just local.

 

[klamardo]

sorry for my translator's English... this weekend I had to move several vm from vmware to proxmox in this case the 7.1-7 ... part of that guide I followed only the part of converting vmdk to qcow2 ... but in the case to copy the "disks" ... just did a "qm rescan" ... to appear available to configure .. same test with direct import with ovf changing to sata no problems after reset everything to virtio scsi ( virtio )

 

[AustinPowers]

the solution was changing the storage settings under "local" and adding Disk Image:
Datacenter --> local --> Edit --> Disk Image


just because i moved the disk file i had to move it back into original location /var/lib/vz/images/200/vm-106-disk.qcow2