Migration from VMware to PVE

[da-alb]

Hi,

I'm migrating some vms from an esxi host to a pve host. I have 0 problems with small disk vms as i copy the data from esxi to /root in pve. But when i have bigger vms (300/400 gb) what is the best way to proceed? I cant use /root because the drive is smaller than the vm.

EDIT: I have a ceph storage and lvm thin disk.

Thanks.

 

[oguz]

hi,

first take a look here [0].

I have 0 problems with small disk vms as i copy the data from esxi to /root in pve. But when i have bigger vms (300/400 gb) what is the best way to proceed?

network storage is an option as well, you could export the disks and mount them, and then import it into PVE.
or you can try mounting a bigger drive to assist with the storage issue.

do you have any unused drives on your machine?


[0]: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Migration_of_servers_to_Proxmox_VE#Virtual-to-Virtual_.28V2V.29

 

[da-alb]

hi,

first take a look here [0].


network storage is an option as well, you could export the disks and mount them, and then import it into PVE.
or you can try mounting a bigger drive to assist with the storage issue.

do you have any unused drives on your machine?


[0]: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Migration_of_servers_to_Proxmox_VE#Virtual-to-Virtual_.28V2V.29

I don't have any spare drive at the moment. Only NFS Qnap but it's not as fast as the nvme disks I have in the host. Writing in /dev/<volumegroupname>/ would be an issue?

Ty

EDIT: I'm aware of the wikipage, I'm already using ovtool. Thanks again

 

[Emilien]

Maybe you can use an external USB HDD or SSD where store temporary the vmware image for converting to proxmox.
Or mount via sftp if esxi support it...

 

[da-alb]

Maybe you can use an external USB HDD or SSD where store temporary the vmware image for converting to proxmox.
Or mount via sftp if esxi support it...

I'll see if I have a spare case lying around, thanks