Not finding a lot of info on using Proxmox import wizard to extract VMs from an ESXi free license host. I can add the host as storage and see the VMs but it looks like it’s failing afterwards due to possibly some kind of rate limit error? But I know the free version API is either closed or not available. Any ideas? Thanks!

  • kalpol@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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    28 days ago

    actually just made some progress after I typed this. The wizard was trying to read file sizes of mounted DVD images in the virtual DVD drive of offline VMs. I deleted the DVD drive from those machines and the fuse mount of the ESXi storage proceeded.

    edit: and got one down successfully. So far it appears the free license of ESXi is no hindrance.

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    28 days ago

    Isn’t vkmd just a wrapper around a qcow? And as such you can extract the qcow image with whatever archive manager you have?

    • dbtng@eviltoast.orgEnglish
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      22 days ago

      Um … that thing about vmdk and qcow being the same … that’s … not correct. I’ve never heard anyone say anything like that before. Its so wild that I can’t even find a link to refute it.

      But anyway, to convert VMDK and QCOW2, you need qemu-utils. Run this …

      qemu-img convert

  • dbtng@eviltoast.orgEnglish
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    22 days ago

    For anybody considering using the Proxmox ESXi Import Wizard, you should watch this video.

    https://www.proxmox.com/en/services/training-courses/videos/proxmox-virtual-environment/proxmox-ve-import-wizard-for-vmware

    Personally, I don’t watch tech videos. Give me the documentation and let me go. Well, the folks at Proxmox made the unusual decision of releasing the full and complete directions on using the Import Tool via this video. I don’t know of any other official source where you get the full intricate details of an optimal virtual machine import and conversion to VirtIO.

    Ya, it sux. Watch the video anyway.