{"id":57901,"date":"2024-11-26T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=57901"},"modified":"2024-12-15T10:45:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T09:45:23","slug":"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrate Proxmox VMs to VMware with StarWind V2V Converter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64169 size-full\" title=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-01.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/starwind-vtl-appliance\/\">StarWind<\/a> V2V Converter is a free tool used to <strong>convert VMs<\/strong>\u00a0from one format to another bidirectionally and <strong>physical machines<\/strong> to VMs.<\/p>\n<p>With this <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/starwind-tape-redirector\/\">StarWind<\/a> tool you can perform a <strong>bi-directional conversion<\/strong> between all the supported VM formats VMDK, VHD\/VHDX (Windows Repair Mode aware), QCOW2, and StarWind native IMG.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64171 size-full\" title=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-02\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-02.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-02\" width=\"500\" height=\"209\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>StarWind V2V Converter supported conversions<\/h2>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/starwind-vsan-journal-synchronization\/\">StarWind<\/a> V2V Converter you can convert VMs from\/to the following formats:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Virtual to Virtual (V2V) \/ VM Image Files Converting<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Hyper-V to VMware ESXi (.vhdx to .vmdk)<\/li>\n<li>VMware ESXi to Hyper-V (.vmdk to .vhdx)<\/li>\n<li>Image File from Hyper-V to VMware ESXi<\/li>\n<li>Image File from VMware ESXi to Hyper-V Format<\/li>\n<li>VMs conversion to and from Proxmox<\/li>\n<li>Conversion of RAW disk images (.raw)<\/li>\n<li>Local File to Local File<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Physical to Virtual (P2V) \/ Physical to Cloud (P2C)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Physical Machine to Hyper-V VM<\/li>\n<li>Physical Machine to VMware ESXi VM<\/li>\n<li>Physical Machine to Microsoft Azure VM<\/li>\n<li>Physical Machine to AWS VM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Virtual to Cloud (V2C) \/ Cloud to Cloud (C2C)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Microsoft Azure to AWS<\/li>\n<li>AWS to Microsoft Azure<\/li>\n<li>Hyper-V to AWS<\/li>\n<li>Hyper-V to Microsoft Azure<\/li>\n<li>VMware ESXi to Microsoft Azure<\/li>\n<li>VMware ESXi to AWS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Main features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Windows Repair Mode<\/strong> - VM and virtual disks can be migrated to different hardware by booting the migrated VM in Windows Repair Mode. You can also convert a physical machine to a virtual machine regardless the new hardware environment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hypervisor switch<\/strong> - VMs can be migrated to different hypervisors (the tool supports Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware ESXi, Citrix XenServer, KVM, and Proxmox). Physical machines can be converted to any VM compatible with the supported hypervisors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Supported formats<\/strong> - the tool supports the most popular formats<strong> VMDK, VHD\/VHDX, QCOW2, and StarWind-native IMG<\/strong> and it works in both ways. You can convert from and to any VM format.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zero-Copy<\/strong> - you can convert VM formats from one hypervisor to another without creating local copies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Free of charge<\/strong> - this is a free software without any hidden costs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>StarWind V2V Converter installation<\/h2>\n<p>Download from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/starwind-v2v-converter?utm_source=starwind&amp;utm_medium=link_menu#download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">StarWind website<\/a> the StarWind V2V Converter tool and <strong>run the installer<\/strong>.\u00a0Accept the EULA and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64173 size-full\" title=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-03\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-03.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-03\" width=\"499\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Leave default <strong>Destination Location<\/strong> and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64175 size-full\" title=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-04\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-04.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-04\" width=\"499\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64177 size-full\" title=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-05\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-05.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-05\" width=\"499\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Enable the <strong>Create a desktop shortcut<\/strong> option if you want to have the shortcut on the desktop. Click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64179 size-full\" title=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-06\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-06.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-06\" width=\"499\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Install<\/strong> to proceed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64181 size-full\" title=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-07\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-07.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-07\" width=\"499\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tool is being installed in the system.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64183 size-full\" title=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-08\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-08.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-08\" width=\"499\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a few seconds the installation completes successfully. Click <strong>Finish<\/strong> to close the installer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64185 size-full\" title=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-09\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-09.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-09\" width=\"499\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Migrate a Proxmox VM to VMware<\/h2>\n<p>When you launch the StarWind V2V Converter tool, select the <strong>location of the image to convert<\/strong> (<strong>Proxmox <\/strong>in the example) and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64187 size-full\" title=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-10\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-10.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-10\" width=\"567\" height=\"646\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Specify <strong>Host<\/strong> and <strong>credentials<\/strong> to connect then click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64189 size-full\" title=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-11\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-11.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-11\" width=\"567\" height=\"646\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select the VM to convert and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64191 size-full\" title=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-12\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-12.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-12\" width=\"567\" height=\"646\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select the <strong>location of the destination image<\/strong> (<strong>Remote VMware ESXi or vCenter <\/strong>in the example) and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64193 size-full\" title=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-13\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-13.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-13\" width=\"567\" height=\"646\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Specify the <strong>IP address<\/strong> of the ESXi or vCenter to connect and the <strong>credentials<\/strong> to use. Click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64195 size-full\" title=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-14\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-14.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-14\" width=\"567\" height=\"646\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the <strong>Host<\/strong> drop-down menu, select the ESXi to use.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64197 size-full\" title=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-15\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-15.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-15\" width=\"567\" height=\"646\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click the <strong>3 dots<\/strong> and select the target datastore. Click <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64199 size-large\" title=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-16\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-16-600x660.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-16\" width=\"600\" height=\"660\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Modify the <strong>Name<\/strong> if requested and set the correct <strong>OS type<\/strong>. Click <strong>Convert<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64201 size-full\" title=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-17\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-17.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-17\" width=\"567\" height=\"646\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The conversion operation is being executed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64207 size-full\" title=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-18\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-18.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-18\" width=\"567\" height=\"646\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After some minutes, the conversion is completed successfully.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64209 size-full\" title=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-19\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-19.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-19\" width=\"567\" height=\"646\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The converted VM in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/vmware-vcenter-server-8-0-update-3a-released\/\">VMware vSphere<\/a> infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64211 size-large\" title=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-20\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-20-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-proxmox-vms-to-vmware-with-starwind-v2v-converter-20\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<div>StarWind V2V Converter can be downloaded as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/starwind-v2v-converter#download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free tool<\/a> at StarWind website.<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"signature\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/firma.jpg\" alt=\"signature\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>StarWind V2V Converter is a free tool used to convert VMs\u00a0from one format to another bidirectionally and physical machines to VMs. With this StarWind tool you can perform a bi-directional conversion between all the supported VM formats VMDK, VHD\/VHDX (Windows Repair Mode aware), QCOW2, and StarWind native IMG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":64169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"linkedin_93tdZWzMZc_93tdZWzMZc":"","facebook_2879994398731222_17841400390232720":"","twitter_113568041_113568041":"","mastodon_115463926174894442_115463926174894442":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[2798,1787,903],"tags":[1556,2795,1774,2679],"class_list":["post-57901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-proxmox-en","category-starwind-en","category-vmware-en","tag-migration","tag-proxmox","tag-starwind","tag-v2v-converter","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}