Proxmox Import/Export OVA

Import from OVA

NOTE:

-disk must be single file not splitted

-scp ova into /tmp. In my case I am using dsl-4-4-10.ova

# cd /tmp

# tar xf dsl-4-4-10.ova

# qemu-img convert -f vmdk DSL-4.4.10-disk1.vmdk -O qcow2 DSL-4.4.10.qcow2

-check dsl-4-4-10.ova configuration

# cat DSL-4.4.10.ovf | grep -e “Memory RAMSize” -e “CPU count” -e “Netw” -e “Disk”

What I found only disk size and nic quantity. The rest should be default

-create empty vm with 1 nic. Disk size could be any smallest size because I will overwrite later. Disk type could be vmdk or qcow2

# cp DSL-4.4.10.qcow2 /var/lib/vz/images/100/vm-100-disk-1.qcow2

-start the vm in proxmox

Export to OVA

-let say I already have vm with qcow disk

# cd /var/lib/vz/images/101

# qemu-img convert -f vm-101-disk-1.qcow2 -O /tmp/DSL-4.4.10-disk1.vmdk

-create an empty vm with the same OS, RAM, disk size, nic

NOTE:

-disk must be single file not splitted

-scp DSL-4.4.10-disk1.vmdk into your vm directory in vmware and rename disk name to vmname.vmdk

-click vm Settings

-click Hard Disk, click Remove

-click Hard Disk, click Add

I must choose same disk type as source vm disk. For example IDE or SCSI

Attach vmname.vmdk that we copied before

-click File/Export to OVF menu

name it vmname.ova click Save