Migrate from VMWare to Proxmox: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 15:19, 11 March 2025

Relevant Infrastructure

- ESXi: - https://10.10.2.61/ui/#/host/vms - https://10.10.2.62/ui/#/host - Proxmox - https://10.10.2.63:8006/ - https://10.10.2.40:8006/

VM Pre-Stage

1) Validate you can login to VM 2) Note down VM IP address 3) Install QEMU guest agent 1) Linux: `qemu-guest-agent` 2) Windows: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Windows_VirtIO_Drivers

Migration Steps

1) Power down VM 1) Verify VM is off in ESXi 2) Run Veeam backup job `Backup Job 5` 3) Navigate to `Backups > Disk` 4) Right click the VM you would like to restore 5) Select `Restore Entire VM to Proxmox VE` 1) Virtual Machine - nothing to change 2) Restore Mode - `Restore to New Location with Different Settings` 3) Host 1) Click `Host...` in the bottom right 2) Select a specific host in the cluster 4) Storage 1) Click the VM name 1) Click `Storage...` 2) Select `vrtx-perc8` 2) Click `Disk Type` 1) `RAW` 5) Name - No need to change name 6) Network 1) Select the network 2) Click `Network...` 3) Select `vmbr0` 7) Reason - whatever you want 8) Check `Power on target VM after restoring` 6) Click FINISH

Post Migration Steps

1) Boot the VM 2) Login via the console 3) Fix networking so that the VM utilizes the new NIC 1) Ubuntu: 1) ip addr to identify new NIC 2) `sudo nano /etc/netplan/XX-netplan.cfg` 3) Change the interface to match the new interface 2) Other Linux: ??? 1) Bring ensXX up 1) ip link set ensXX up 2) dhclient ensXX 4) Uninstall VMWare tools 1) run as root: `/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl` 2) or 3) `sudo apt remove open-vm-tools` 5) Validate everything is working 6) Login to ESXi 1) Rename old VM to `MIGRATED-VM-NAME` 2) Disconnect the NIC in case the server reboots

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+# Relevant Infrastructure
+- ESXi:
+	- https://10.10.2.61/ui/#/host/vms
+	- https://10.10.2.62/ui/#/host
+- Proxmox
+	- https://10.10.2.63:8006/
+	- https://10.10.2.40:8006/
+# VM Pre-Stage
+) Validate you can login to VM
+) Note down VM IP address
+) Install QEMU guest agent
+) Linux: `qemu-guest-agent`
+) Windows: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Windows_VirtIO_Drivers
+# Migration Steps
+) Power down VM
+) Verify VM is off in ESXi
+) Run Veeam backup job `Backup Job 5`
+) Navigate to `Backups > Disk`
+) Right click the VM you would like to restore
+) Select `Restore Entire VM to Proxmox VE`
+) Virtual Machine - nothing to change
+) Restore Mode - `Restore to New Location with Different Settings`
+) Host
+) Click `Host...` in the bottom right
+) Select a specific host in the cluster
+) Storage
+) Click the VM name
+) Click `Storage...`
+) Select `vrtx-perc8`
+) Click `Disk Type`
+) `RAW`
+) Name - No need to change name
+) Network
+) Select the network
+) Click `Network...`
+) Select `vmbr0`
+) Reason - whatever you want
+) Check `Power on target VM after restoring`
+) Click FINISH
+# Post Migration Steps
+) Boot the VM
+) Login via the console
+) Fix networking so that the VM utilizes the new NIC
+) Ubuntu:
+) ip addr to identify new NIC
+) `sudo nano /etc/netplan/XX-netplan.cfg`
+) Change the interface to match the new interface
+) Other Linux: ???
+) Bring ensXX up
+) ip link set ensXX up
+) dhclient ensXX
+) Uninstall VMWare tools
+) run as root: `/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl`
+) or
+) `sudo apt remove open-vm-tools`
+) Validate everything is working
+) Login to ESXi
+) Rename old VM to `MIGRATED-VM-NAME`
+) Disconnect the NIC in case the server reboots