How to Migrate VMware work loads to Proxmox

If you are concerned with cost and other problems after Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware ,Proxmox is one of the best hypervisor choice. The only questions bothered the Sys Admins was how to Migrate VMs from VMware to Proxmox

Proxmox 8.1 have added the feature to migrate the VMware VMs to Proxmox Environments.

Enable No Subscription repository in Proxmox Go to Updates , Add: Repository ,Select No-Subscription

Also select no subscriptions for ceph if you intend to use ceph , run update and upgarde to get the latest updates.

Once updates are completed go to Datacenter , Storage ,Click Add , in Drop down list select ESXI

Add Details of ESXI Server and Click Add to proceed

Click on Data center then click ESXI Storage

Select the virtual machine and click import. Change any settings in VM config if needed and import vm.

Install VirtIO Drivers if required , in my case Windows 10 VMs worked with out addition of VirtIO.


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