Convert VirtualBox VM to ProxMox VE 🌱

  1. On the VirtualBox host, launch VirtualBox
  2. Right click the VM to convert > Settings
  3. Select Storage from the left navigation
  4. Click the virtual hard disk and copy the Location value for the full path of the disk to the clipboard
  5. Right click on the Start menu > Run > type cmd.exe > Press Enter
  6. Enter the following commands in the command prompt
    # change directory to VirtualBox installation
    cd %programfiles%\Oracle\VirtualBox
    # convert the .vdi to raw .img
    VBoxManage clonehd --format RAW "pasted\full\path\to.vdi" "pasted\full\path\to.raw"
  7. Once the .vdi to .raw conversion completes, open a web browser and navigate to the ProxMox web UI https://ProxMoxDNSorIP:8006/
  8. Click the Create VM button at the top right
  9. On the General tab, enter a VM Name and note the VM ID generated > click Next
  10. On the OS tab select Do not use any media and set the Guest OS > click Next
  11. On the System tab click Next
  12. On the Hard Disk tab set the Disk size to 0.001 > click Next
  13. On the CPU tab set the number of CPUs > click Next
  14. On the Memory tab set the amount of memory to allocate in MiB > click Next
  15. On the Network tab click Next
  16. On the Confirm tab review the settings and click Finish
  17. Select the newly created VM from the left navigation panel > Hardware
  18. Click the Hard Disk to select it
  19. Click the Detach button to detach the hard disk from the VM
  20. Click the Unused disk
  21. Click the Remove button to permanently delete it
  26. Back in the browser, open the ProxMox host Shell
  27. Run the following command to import the raw disk, modify the .raw file name and VM ID noted earlier
    # import the raw disk
    # usage:
    # qm importdisk <VM ID> /root/<source disk file>.raw <destination storage pool name>
    qm importdisk 100 vbox.raw HDD_500GB --format qcow2
  28. Once the disk import completes, select the target VM from the left navigation menu > Hardware
  29. Double click the Unused Disk > Click the Add button
  30. Select Options from the left navigation sub-menu
  31. Double click Boot Order
  32. Check the Enabled box next to the hard disk
  33. Drag the Hard disk up in the boot order as needed, typically below the CD-ROM device
  34. Click OK
  35. Click the Start button in the top right of the screen
  36. Click the Console link to watch the boot process