Convert VirtualBox VM to ProxMox VE

#VirtualBox #Proxmox #Hypervisor

   01. On the VirtualBox host, launch VirtualBox
   02. Right click the VM to convert ≫ Settings
   03. Select Storage from the left navigation
   04. Click the virtual hard disk and copy the Location value for the full path of the disk to the clipboard
   06. Enter the following commands in the command prompt
         # change directory to VirtualBox installation
         cd %programfiles%\Oracle\VirtualBox
         # convert the .vdi to raw .img
   08. Click the Create VM button at the top right
   09. On the General tab, enter a VM Name and note the VM ID generated ≫ click Next
   10. On the OS tab select Do not use any media and set the Guest OS ≫ click Next
   11. On the System tab click Next
   12. On the Hard Disk tab set the Disk size to 0.001 ≫ click Next
   13. On the CPU tab set the number of CPUs ≫ click Next
   14. On the Memory tab set the amount of memory to allocate in MiB ≫ click Next
   15. On the Network tab click Next
   16. On the Confirm tab review the settings and click Finish
   17. Select the newly created VM from the left navigation panel ≫ Hardware
   18. Click the Hard Disk to select it
   19. Click the Detach button to detach the hard disk from the VM
   20. Click the Unused disk
   21. Click the Remove button to permanently delete it
   23. Extract WinSCP and run the executable
   24. Connect to the ProxMox IP server via WinSCP
   25. Copy the VirtualBox created .raw file to a location on the ProxMox server that has enough free disk space, /root for example
   26. Back in the browser, open the ProxMox host Shell
   27. Run the following command to import the raw disk, modify the .raw file name and VM ID noted earlier
         # import the raw disk
         # usage:
         # qm importdisk ≪VM ID≫ /root/≪source disk file≫.raw ≪destination storage pool name≫
   28. Once the disk import completes, select the target VM from the left navigation menu ≫ Hardware
   29. Double click the Unused Disk ≫ Click the Add button
   30. Select Options from the left navigation sub-menu
   31. Double click Boot Order
   32. Check the Enabled box next to the hard disk
   33. Drag the Hard disk up in the boot order as needed, typically below the CD-ROM device
   34. Click OK
   35. Click the Start button in the top right of the screen
   36. Click the Console link to watch the boot process
 

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[Skukkix]

Thnanks a lot. For the people watching, works also with vdh files!

[SaschiIein]

Tomorrow i will face exactly this problem - thank you for sharing this easy to follow tutorial.

[christopherryan]

This video shows the correct way. Very nice work.

[akira]

Seems simple enough. Just convert vdi to raw and raw to qcow. Thanks for the tip.

[gaetanlord]

Thank you for the video, exactly what I was looking for.
Do you use any tools to produce all your interactive steps tutorials. I'm a big user of "tines", but would love to have a web base version like your tutorials. Thank for sharing

[debnathmriganka]

Hello, I am very new on linux and proxmox, Please can you little help me to configure some network for my home server. Please can you help me. I cant do it.

[wiliamsseguraalvarez]

how do you access the disk HDD_500GB from winSCP to copy the RAW file?

[adletdzharasov]

how long vboxmanage clonehd --format RAW?