Migration VM from VMware to PVE¶

1. Add ESXi to PVE¶

• 1.1 Add ESXi host to proxmox

Click Datacenter -> Storage -> Add -> ESXi

Input ID -> Server -> Username -> Password, and checked Skip Certificate Verification, then click Add

Confirm with Storage

2. Import VM¶

Before import VM, you need shutdown VMware guest OS

• 2.1 Check VM status was Shutdown (confirm with vCenter or ESXi)

• 2.2 Login PVE, and import VM to PVE

Select VMware disk, and click import

Confirm VM General info

Waiting VM import finish

3. Parameter optimization¶

• 3.1 Enable QEMU Guest Agent

Select VM, and click Options -> QEMU Guest Agent -> Edit

Checked Use QEMU Guest Agent and click OK

• 3.2 Change Network Device type

Click Hardware -> Network Device (net0) -> Edit

Change Model to VirtIO (paravirtualized), and click OK

• 3.3 [Optional] CPU optimization

⚠️If you configured multiple slots, please checked Enable NUMA

Click Processors -> Edit

Checked Advanced -> Enable NUMA

• 3.4 [Optional] Disk optimization

⚠️If SSD is used for storage, please Enable NUMA

Click Hard Disk -> Edit

Checked SSD emulation

• 3.5 Startup VM

Click >_ Console -> Start Now to startup VM

4. Issue solve¶

• Windows Server

1.1 Network re-configure

• Linux Server

1.1 Network re-configure

Check current network name

Change network configure file

nano /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml

Apply network configure

cat /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml
netplan apply
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1.2 VM Tools install

⚠️Please refer to VM Tool Install