Proxmox "VMware import wizard"

wankelwankel OG
edited March 29 in General

Most of you are probably aware, but as a heads-up for those who missed it: Proxmox introduced an import wizard for ESXi.

Any experiences? I'm not so fond of commercial software, so never gave VMware a spin and thus lack any testcase.

edit: I managed to botch the poll, have some patience with me....

Escape routes
  1. Did you migrate away from VMware?12 votes
    1. No, should I?
        0.00%
    2. Yes, I did. I manually migrated my VM from VMware to Proxmox.
      41.67%
    3. Yes... went back to bare metal.
        0.00%
    4. Other, see thread below
      25.00%
    5. What's a VM?
      33.33%
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  • georgedatacentergeorgedatacenter Hosting ProviderOG

    We are moving from VMware to Virtualizor.

    That option that proxmox has released looks interesting, but I haven't done any testing with it.

    George Datacenter LLC
    www.georgedatacenter.com
    Owner Hardware

  • @georgedatacenter said:
    We are moving from VMware to Virtualizor.

    That option that proxmox has released looks interesting, but I haven't done any testing with it.

    Are you sure you want to move to Virtualizor?

  • georgedatacentergeorgedatacenter Hosting ProviderOG

    The old nodes we have in VMware are already a headache, for now if it is the closest option we have.

    George Datacenter LLC
    www.georgedatacenter.com
    Owner Hardware

  • I wrote a bash script for that purpose a few months ago. Nice to see an integrated solution now, but have to read up on it, if and how it might handle IP remapping and such.

  • Backup your data, scrap the VM and set it up anew in proxmox. You'll lose all the fat and none of the data.

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  • wankelwankel OG
    edited March 30

    in another time and place, @somik said: So people now a days require to be told that something is sarcasm? Just 15 years back, people would know how to properly use sarcasm and you dont have to tell/flag it so both you and the reader knows it is sarcasm.

    Example:

    @somik said:
    Backup your data, scrap the VM and set it up anew in proxmox. You'll lose all the fat and none of the data.

    (courtesy of @somik)

  • @wankel said:

    in another time and place, @somik said: So people now a days require to be told that something is sarcasm? Just 15 years back, people would know how to properly use sarcasm and you dont have to tell/flag it so both you and the reader knows it is sarcasm.

    Example:

    @somik said:
    Backup your data, scrap the VM and set it up anew in proxmox. You'll lose all the fat and none of the data.

    (courtesy of @somik)

    This wasn't sarcasm though. It is a real advice I always follow. When it's time to change server, I always backup, wipe, reinstall proxmox, setup VM, and copy back all my data.

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  • host_chost_c Hosting Provider
    edited March 30

    Hy @wankel

    Before folowing our recomandation, take your time and read:

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

    Migration from VMware to proxmox is pretty simple, this is option A:

    1- do a backup of the VM in VMware , so if shit hits the fan, you won’t loose it

    2- after the backup uninstall VMware guest agent, now this step is a must, and install QEMU-GUEST-AGENT

    3- create the vm in proxmox node, same specs, emulation Q35 not FX440, disk type SATA for windows VM, SCSI for Linux and if you run centos 7 you have to use IDE

    4- copy the VM drive file from VMware to proxmox, put in in /mnt/pve/tmp for example

    5- ssh to proxmox and run :

    qm disk import {target VMID} {vmdk file} {target storage}, for example

    qm disk import 102 windows10.vmdk local-lvme

    6 - go to GUI, and you will see an un-allocated disk image, atach it ( scsi, sata, ide )

    Boot, now 80% of the cases this works, if not,

    Option B: ( this worked best on sub windows 10 VM's and centos 7 )

    This step requires that you have a 'lan' connection between proxmox and vmware!

    1- do a backup of the VM in VMware , so if shit hits the fan, you won’t loose it

    2- after the backup uninstall VMware guest agent, now this step is a must, and install QEMU-GUEST-AGENT

    3- create the vm in proxmox node, same specs, emulation Q35 not FX440, disk tipe sata for windows VM, scsi for Linux and if you run centos 7 you have to use IDE

    Boot CLONEZILA on both VM's

    https://clonezilla.org/downloads/download.php?branch=stable

    https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=clonezila+network+cloning#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:01ac8a23,vid:8UGR_RLCptQ,st:0

    3- select device to device cloning, the vmware vm is the surce, and on proxmox VM you select destination.

    4- wait for things to finish,

    We recommend you select a small VM and run some tests before you dive in the Production VM's.

    Host-C - VPS Services Provider - AS211462

    "If there is no struggle there is no progress"

  • Hi HC,

    That's quite an in-depth howto,

    @host_c said: Before folowing our recomandation, take your time and read:
    https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Migrate_to_Proxmox_VE

    thanks for the wiki-link as well!

  • host_chost_c Hosting Provider
    edited March 30

    @wankel

    Sure thing, altho, option B always worked, well 99.9% of the time.

    @host_c said: 3- select device to device cloning, the vmware vm is the surce, and on proxmox VM you select destination.

    Watch out, not to mix the source and destination =) , you might end up with a "empty OS " . Do backup always on source.!

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  • rskrsk Hosting Provider

    @georgedatacenter said:
    The old nodes we have in VMware are already a headache, for now if it is the closest option we have.

    Go for virtfusion and never look back! Forget about virtualizor. That’s my advice :)

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