VMware guest conversion

Let's see how to move virtual machines from the VMware vSphere platform to a KVM hypervisor.

Converting a VMware vSphere guest to a standalone KVM host

To convert a virtual machine to a standalone KVM host, perform the following steps:

1. Run the following command, using values from your system. In this example, esxhost1.example.com is the VMware vCenter server, VM001 is the name of the virtual machine, and /var/tmp is the local repository to store the image:

   # virt-v2v -ic vpx://[e-mail]/Datacenter/esxi "vm001" -o local -os /var/tmp
   

2. On running this command, virt-v2v will ask for the password for [e-mail]. You can enter the password interactively or by using the --password-file option.

Note

In non-production environments, the VMware vCenter server may have a nonvalid certificate, for example, a self-signed certificate. In this case, certificate checking can be explicitly disabled by adding ?no_verify=1 to the connection URI, as...