Subj : Proxmox 8.2 is out!
To   : Accession
From : niter3
Date : Thu Apr 25 2024 08:15 pm

 Ac>  pF> I was able to hit update from the GUI and it was a seamless upgrade. 
 Ac>  pF> do like the addition of VMWare migration tools and the ability to cre
 Ac>  pF> an unattended install ISO. I work with lots of remote offices, and if
 Ac>  pF> could send someone servers, tell them what to plug in where, and to b
 Ac>  pF> off an ISO, that would rock.
 Ac> 
 Ac>  pF> Proxmox VE 8.2
 Ac>  pF> Released 24. April 2024: See Downloads
 Ac> 
 Ac> If one were to want to switch from VMWare ESXi 6.5 to Proxmox at some
 Ac> point, what is the easiest and best way to backup/save/export your
 Ac> VMWare VMs to be easily imported into Proxmox without losing any data?
 Ac> 
 Ac> I read up on Proxmox's new import utility, but they seem to be describing
 Ac> having both hypervisor instances running at the same time. Proxmox would
 Ac> be replacing VMWare on the same machine, so the .vmdk (or whatever)
 Ac> files would have to be saved to disk and restored once Proxmox is
 Ac> installed.
 Ac> 
 Ac> When you wrote this and I read it, I putzed around on the VMWare site and
 Ac> realized there's no download link for the free version any more. I had
 Ac> heard about the restructure and whatever they're doing with their
 Ac> "portfolio", but figured they would just stop making it 'free'. The fact
 Ac> they don't even have a download link for previous versions (or even the
 Ac> latest version that was released ~6 months ago) any more, it might be
 Ac> time to look for a better solution.
 Ac> 

i did this almost a year ago because the weiting was on thr wall. That and the fact it was mentioned multiple times.

I ended up just using clonzilla. I did it between two machines live. But with this new option it appears much easier.

Not sure how you would so it? Got a spare machine you could load proxmox up under virtual box and migrate that way. Then wipe your server, install proxmox and move your VM's to your new server. 

I have a NAS with NFS storage between them. So i just pointed the new server to the NFS storage.

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