migrate ESXI 5.5 to Proxmox 5.1

[Dimon4ik]

Greetings.
The problem arose when I tried to migrate VM Ubuntu ESXI 5.5. 5.1 on Proxmox.
Describe their actions.
1) using esxi converter, I got the image of the vmdk (the machine did not have installed VMWare Tools)
2) created a machine with a vmdk disk on Proxmox
3) without starting the VM was moved to Proxmox disk image obtained with ESXI
4) while trying to start get error

Task viewer: VM 102 - Start
Output
Status
Stop
kvm: -drive file=/var/lib/vz/images/102/vm-102-disk-3.raw,if=none,id=drive-scsi0,format=raw,cache=none,aio=native,detect-zeroes=on: file system may not support O_DIRECT
kvm: -drive file=/var/lib/vz/images/102/vm-102-disk-3.raw,if=none,id=drive-scsi0,format=raw,cache=none,aio=native,detect-zeroes=on: Could not open '/var/lib/vz/images/102/vm-102-disk-3.raw': Invalid argument
TASK ERROR: start failed: command '/usr/bin/kvm -id 102 -chardev 'socket,id=qmp,path=/var/run/qemu-server/102.qmp,server,nowait' -mon 'chardev=qmp,mode=control' -pidfile /var/run/qemu-server/102.pid -daemonize -smbios 'type=1,uuid=d53336c8-6e4e-41e5-84ab-e0a8e05b292d' -name vm102 -smp '1,sockets=1,cores=1,maxcpus=1' -nodefaults -boot 'menu=on,strict=on,reboot-timeout=1000,splash=/usr/share/qemu-server/bootsplash.jpg' -vga std -vnc unix:/var/run/qemu-server/102.vnc,x509,password -cpu kvm64,+lahf_lm,+sep,+kvm_pv_unhalt,+kvm_pv_eoi,enforce -m 512 -k en-us -device 'pci-bridge,id=pci.2,chassis_nr=2,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1f' -device 'pci-bridge,id=pci.1,chassis_nr=1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1e' -device 'piix3-usb-uhci,id=uhci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2' -device 'usb-tablet,id=tablet,bus=uhci.0,port=1' -device 'virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3' -iscsi 'initiator-name=iqn.1993-08.org.debian:01:917bb8cf98c5' -drive 'if=none,id=drive-ide2,media=cdrom,aio=threads' -device 'ide-cd,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide2,id=ide2,bootindex=200' -device 'virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsihw0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5' -drive 'file=/var/lib/vz/images/102/vm-102-disk-3.raw,if=none,id=drive-scsi0,format=raw,cache=none,aio=native,detect-zeroes=on' -device 'scsi-hd,bus=scsihw0.0,channel=0,scsi-id=0,lun=0,drive=drive-scsi0,id=scsi0,bootindex=100' -drive 'file=/dev/zvol/rpool/data/vm-102-disk-1,if=none,id=drive-scsi1,format=raw,cache=none,aio=native,detect-zeroes=on' -device 'scsi-hd,bus=scsihw0.0,channel=0,scsi-id=0,lun=1,drive=drive-scsi1,id=scsi1'' failed: exit code 1

used information from here https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Migration_of_servers_to_Proxmox_VE

 

[dcsapak]

is your filesystem zfs? if yes you cannot use O_DIRECT for vm images
but an alternative would be to use the zfs plugin directly and import the vmdk with

qm importdisk
[code]
see the man page for details on how to use it

 

[Dimon4ik]

Thank you very much.
Indeed, if you have a ZFS file system, you must do the import.
Procedure:
1) To move the vmdk image to proxmox
2) Using

Using qm importdisk 103 your_imported_image.vmdk local-zfs --format vmdk

where 103 - your VMID, your_imported image.vmdk - name your imported image, local-zfs - name of storage proxmox, --format - format imported image
3) To connect the disk to the virtual machine in the web interface
4) Done!

 

[Legoguy]

This should be added to the migration guide!

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

 

[tom]

This should be added to the migration guide!

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

Its already in the reference documentation, see:

https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#_importing_virtual_machines_and_disk_images

 

[ozgurerdogan]

Can i use pve-sync for such kvm with qm import?