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  • 1.  Transferring several ZFS machines from Proxmox to VMware ESXi

    Posted Jun 16, 2023 07:31 AM

    Hello everyone!

    I'm new to the forum, but I couldn't find any useful information regarding my problem. I have several machines on Proxmox Virtual Environment 7.2-4, and I need to move two of them to ESXi version: 7.0.3.

    I tried the following approach:
    zfs send rpool/data/vm-ID-disk-0 > name.zfs
    qemu-img convert -f raw -O vmdk name.zfs name.vmdk

    Then I copied the vmdk to ESXi and run:
    vmkfstools -i name.vmdk name2.vmdk -d thin

    I created a new machine with the name2.vmdk disk attached, but the system won't boot. Has anyone experienced a similar problem?



  • 2.  RE: Transferring several ZFS machines from Proxmox to VMware ESXi
    Best Answer

    Posted Jun 16, 2023 01:26 PM

    find vm with:
    pvesm path ssdpool:vm-103-disk-0

    cd /localization/vm/

    qemu-img convert -O vmdk -f raw vm-103-disk-0 /tmp/vm-name.vmdk

    Then I copied the vmdk to ESXi and run:
    vmkfstools -i name.vmdk name2.vmdk -d thin

    I created a new machine with the name2.vmdk disk attached 

    Working good