Migrate from VMWare to Proxmox

Relevant Infrastructure

• ESXi:
  • https://10.10.2.61/ui/#/host/vms
  • https://10.10.2.62/ui/#/host
• Proxmox
  • https://10.10.2.63:8006/
  • https://10.10.2.40:8006/

VM Pre-Stage

1. Validate you can login to VM
2. Note down VM IP address
3. Install QEMU guest agent
   1. Linux: `qemu-guest-agent`
   2. Windows: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Windows_VirtIO_Drivers

Migration Steps

1. Power down VM
   1. Verify VM is off in ESXi
2. Run Veeam backup job `Backup Job 5`
3. Navigate to `Backups > Disk`
4. Right click the VM you would like to restore
5. Select `Restore Entire VM to Proxmox VE`
   1. Virtual Machine - nothing to change
   2. Restore Mode - `Restore to New Location with Different Settings`
   3. Host
      1. Click `Host...` in the bottom right
      2. Select a specific host in the cluster
   4. Storage
      1. Click the VM name
         1. Click `Storage...`
         2. Select `vrtx-perc8`
         3. Click `Disk Type`
         4. `RAW`
   5. Name - No need to change name
   6. Network
      1. Select the network
      2. Click `Network...`
      3. Select `vmbr0`
      4. Reason - whatever you want
      5. Check `Power on target VM after restoring`
6. Click FINISH

Post Migration Steps

1. Boot the VM
2. Login via the console
3. Fix networking so that the VM utilizes the new NIC
   1. Ubuntu:
      1. ip addr to identify new NIC
      2. `sudo nano /etc/netplan/XX-netplan.cfg`
      3. Change the interface to match the new interface
   2. Other Linux: ???
      1. Bring ensXX up
      2. ip link set ensXX up
      3. dhclient ensXX
4. Uninstall VMWare tools
   1. run as root: `/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl`
   2. OR
   3. `sudo apt remove open-vm-tools`
5. Validate everything is working
6. Login to ESXi
   1. Rename old VM to `MIGRATED-VM-NAME`
   2. Disconnect the NIC in case the server reboots