[SOLVED] Migrating VM to Proxmox

[Mayank006]

Hi,

I was migrating VMs from Vmware to Proxmox using "qm importovf 105 ./db.ovf pve-ha-pool --format qcow2" command.
I can migrate almost all the VMs successfully except for one.

All VMs are different versions of Debian OS. Tried to change "BIOS" and "Hardware memory" settings as per other documents, but still, I am getting error "Booting from HardDisk". Tried to export and import from different ESXI versions but had no success.

Please help

 

[emunt6]

Hi!

Check the disk emulation type and order , create same as was in Vmware.

Example:

ide1: cdrom
ide2: disk1
scsi0: disk2
ide3: disk3

Otherwise, the boot loader won't find the disks as it was before.

 

[Mayank006]

Hi!

Check the disk emulation type and order , create same as was in Vmware.

Example:

ide1: cdrom
ide2: disk1
scsi0: disk2
ide3: disk3

Otherwise, the boot loader won't find the disks as it was before.

 

[Mayank006]

View attachment 62343

What specifically do I need to look

 

[emunt6]

What specifically do I need to look

Your disk is scsi0,

check the "CD/DVD Drive 1" ( ide_ ? )

 

[Mayank006]

Your disk is scsi0,

check the "CD/DVD Drive 1" ( ide_ ? )

I did qm conf on both working and non working vms-
1. Non working VM

boot: order=scsi0
cores: 1
memory: 256
name: portable
scsi0: pve-ha-pool:vm-112-disk-0
smbios1: uuid=9ee47dc4-2917-4949-9254-673b246d7014
vmgenid: 08075249-75ce-4c06-8939-a7f328feab11

2. Working VM

boot: order=scsi0
cores: 1
memory: 2048
name: Database-HA
net0: virtio=BC:24:11:F8:08:B8,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1
onboot: 1
scsi0: pve-ha-pool:base-105-disk-0/vm-108-disk-0,size=25G
smbios1: uuid=02b76555-02d1-4032-b36d-2625e39cfdad
vmgenid: 3c891e7d-9de9-4a02-8aad-399d19ba8dfa

 

[Mayank006]

I did qm conf on both working and non working vms-
1. Non working VM

boot: order=scsi0
cores: 1
memory: 256
name: portable
scsi0: pve-ha-pool:vm-112-disk-0
smbios1: uuid=9ee47dc4-2917-4949-9254-673b246d7014
vmgenid: 08075249-75ce-4c06-8939-a7f328feab11

2. Working VM

boot: order=scsi0
cores: 1
memory: 2048
name: Database-HA
net0: virtio=BC:24:11:F8:08:B8,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1
onboot: 1
scsi0: pve-ha-pool:base-105-disk-0/vm-108-disk-0,size=25G
smbios1: uuid=02b76555-02d1-4032-b36d-2625e39cfdad
vmgenid: 3c891e7d-9de9-4a02-8aad-399d19ba8dfa

It worked now, I disabled the secure boot and used UEFI with EFI drive.