ovftool-migrated VMs won't start

[wortmanb]

I'm new to Proxmox and love it so far, but I can't seem to get any of my VMware (ESXi) VMs to migrate properly. I run ovftool and everything seems fine, but the resulting VMs won't boot, even after I give them a network interface. There's no error, they just hang.





The VM is hosted on an NFS share in ESXi, and I'm using the same NFS share (different directories, though) to host the new one on Proxmox, as I'm trying to migrate hardware and don't have a spare server to use, so I'm swapping system drives in and out to boot it in VMware or Proxmox depending on my need at the moment.

To migrate it, I ran

qm importovf 101 /mnt/pve/vmware/ovf_files/home-assistant/home-assistant.ovf vmware

What should I be looking at next? I've been following several YouTube tutorials, but they're all happy-path, showing just what it should look like.

Thanks!

 

[wortmanb]

I re-attempted the import by adding --format qcow2 and the result was the same.

 

[_gabriel]

if VM was setup in UEFI in VMware, you need to set BIOS to OVMF UEFI in VM of Proxmox.

 

[Chris]

Hi,
does the source VM use UEFI or legacy BIOS?
For UEFI VMs you will have to use OVMF (UEFI) instead of SeaBIOS. Please also have a look at https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Migrate_to_Proxmox_VE#Migration, which outlines common migration steps.

 

[wortmanb]

The original was UEFI. I switched it over, and added an EFI disk, but the resulting VM didn't appear to see any of the original disks. I'll re-do that and post a screen grab. I'll also look at the migration guide above again.

 

[wortmanb]

Okay, now booting into UEFI, but get this after selecting the boot entry as in the guide:

 

[akulbe]

I would set your SCSI controller to Virtio SCSI, and try that.

 

[wortmanb]

Same result.

 

[wortmanb]

Performing these same steps worked on one of my other VMs, so it's just this one (running a home-assistant core) that's the problem.

 

[wortmanb]

With the home assistant VM, I decided instead to grab a backup and restore it to a newly installed image rather than try further to migrate it since it seems an odd duck. I'm past these hurdles with your generous help. Thanks!

 

[akulbe]

I'd recently made this move as well. I'm currently working on getting Proxmox Backup Server working in the mix. Good luck.