Subj : Proxmox 8.2 is out!
To   : Accession
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Thu Apr 25 2024 10:44 pm

  Re: Proxmox 8.2 is out!
  By: Accession to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Apr 25 2024 05:48 pm

 > If one were to want to switch from VMWare ESXi 6.5 to Proxmox at some point,
 > what is the easiest and best way to backup/save/export your VMWare VMs to be
 > easily imported into Proxmox without losing any data?

There's an offline method. Proxmox is using qemu, which uses well-knwon formats.

You can use clonezilla to clone the ESX guest, then restore it using clonezilla on a Proxmox guest.

There's a VMWare tool called ovftool that can create a data file that Proxmox can ingest.

There's lots of information at https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Migrate_to_Proxmox_VE#Clone_directly
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