To migrate virtual machines from VMware ESXi to Proxmox VE, you should have a network connection between the source ESXi host and the destination Proxmox host. The main part of VM migration is transferring virtual disk data. Learn how to migrate VMs to Proxmox with two main methods and detailed instructions.

Watch the video to learn two methods for seamless migration between the two environments.

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Timecodes:

00:08 Introduction

Manual migration

00:23 Enabling remote SSH access

01:08 Checking the original VMware VM configuration

02:06 Creating a new VM on a Proxmox host

04:08 Checking the new Proxmox VM configuration

04:15 Connecting to a Proxmox shell (console)

04:30 Copying virtual disk data from the original ESXi VM to the destination Proxmox VM

08:14 Converting a virtual disk of the destination Proxmox VM to the thin provisioned format

09:50 Attaching the imported and converted virtual disk to the Proxmox VM

10:15 Deleting temporary virtual disk files in Proxmox

10:50 Configuring boot options for the Proxmox VM

11:21 Starting the destination Proxmox VM

11:57 Preparing to install Proxmox VirtIO drivers on the destination VM

14:35 Installing virtIO drivers in the guest OS of the Proxmox VM

Migration with esxi-import-tools

15:12 Introduction to the second method

15:25 Updating/upgrading the Proxmox host to install the ESXi import tools

17:30 Connecting the source ESXi datastore to a Proxmox host

18:42 Checking the original VMware VM power state and snapshots

19:13 Starting the VM migration

21:00 Starting the VM migrated to Proxmox