Proxmox VE Import Wizard: How to import VMs from VMware ESXi

This video will show how to use the Proxmox Import Wizard to migrate VMware ESXi VMs to Proxmox Virtual Environment. Version 8.2 provides an integrated VM importer using the storage plugin system for native integration into the API and web-based user interface. You can use this to import a VMware ESXi VM as a whole.
0:12 Mounting the host as a new Proxmox storage
0:53 Launching the Import Wizard for the Windows 2022 Server
1:48 Resulting configuration and import
2:01 Import progress
2:23 First boot of the imported VM
3:21 Enabling VirtIO SCSI boot
6:09 Device Manager – final checks

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[SiBex_ovh]

Wow, nice and easy migration! Very usefull !

[ramikilany]

Great feature! Let us see more import disks, for example, import OS disk in virtualbox extension or other.

[JosteinMartinsen]

I just did this IRL. Worked perfectly! Great great feature.

[iqbalkeren]

Good Job Proxmox, working smooth and good. Time to Move on ..

[lexidecimal]

Awesome video and feature, I am a paying support of PVE, keep up the great work! --- I am Working on an older 6.7 esxi that I didn't build... I did build the proxmox 8.2 system. I cannot add the ESXi server... says connection problem or not online. Is it a firewall setting on the ESXi? what should look at if so and or what else? Does the PVE system need to be on the same subnet as the ESXi server?

[xztfueg]

Hi, for linux import, how change to virtio iscsi and need also install guess tools?

[mijohnst]

I'm so happy to see this! I can't get it to import my Windows 2019 server, though. I've tried several times using all the discovered defaults as well as tweaking some of the advanced settings but I can't get it imported. When I start it, it says "Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We'll restart for you." When I try to repair the bootup, it says Startup repair couldn't repair your PC." Any suggestions? Thanks for the work in doing this!

[maciejpoonski]

Great but... I can connect to vmware, list existing VM's, but import fails: Can't open - No such file or directory (500)

[kahrskaal]

Migrate ESX 6.7 to Proxmox is OK. But Optimization process for windows server failed !

[JasonSomers]

I assume this only applies to a single ESXi host. How to we migrate from a cluster of hosts, managed by Vcenter?

[ITzViks]

5:22 what does "discard" do?

[allanzfs]

I have customers with version 6.0 that I have manually migrated the Linux VMs but have real problems with windows. Does this solve the problem with different versions of windows not just the latest?

[TedCabeen]

It looks like this process involves a conversion of the disk from vmdk to qcow2. Is that the default now?

[mattpainter]

im on prox ve 8.1.4 and i do not have this option?