Need help with converting VHDX file from a windows server and transferring/storing it on a new ProxMox server

[zach12255]

I have a 300GB VHDX file that I need to transfer and convert to a new ProxMox server, that has default installation settings. The issues I am running into:

 

1. The local directory is max 240Gb and I need to know how to transfer the file that's 300GB (whatever that looks like) to the ProxMox server.

2. LVM storage and why I can't use it to store files 

3. Creating a VM within ProxMopx with that converted Vhdx file 

 

I NEED YOU TO TALK TO ME LIKE I'M A DUMMY, I'M VERY NEW TO THIS. I keep running into people saying things like "just allocate a new file system with CMD" but not explaine how to do it. 

Thanks for any help!

 

The server has a 1TB drive in it 

[Agall]

7 minutes ago, zach12255 said:

I have a 300GB VHDX file that I need to transfer and convert to a new ProxMox server, that has default installation settings. The issues I am running into:

 

1. The local directory is max 240Gb and I need to know how to transfer the file that's 300GB (whatever that looks like) to the ProxMox server.

2. LVM storage and why I can't use it to store files 

3. Creating a VM within ProxMopx with that converted Vhdx file 

 

I NEED YOU TO TALK TO ME LIKE I'M A DUMMY, I'M VERY NEW TO THIS. I keep running into people saying things like "just allocate a new file system with CMD" but not explaine how to do it. 

Thanks for any help!

 

The server has a 1TB drive in it 

Haven't dealt with proxmox, I've exclusively used Hyper-V and VMware. I'd check to see if this software can convert that vhdx to whatever format you're looking for, I've used it several times to convert machines into VMs but it has a lot more features than that. Looks like it'll let you convert from vhdx to vmdk.

 

V2V Converter / P2V Converter - Converting VM Formats (starwindsoftware.com)

[Electronics Wizardy]

Ive done this a good amount

 

1. Your gonna have to copy the file to the 1TB drives, otherwise the files is too big for a 240GB drive.

 

2. LVM can't store files directly. In this case I"d put a filesystem like ZFS, xfs, ext4 on the 1TB drive, and copy the file there. Then you can use the qemu-img utility on proxmox to convert it to qcow2 or raw that proxmox likes.

 

Self Promo, my video about doing almost this exact same thing.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E60_FC967YE

 

[zach12255]

Hello! I was actually watching your videos before I posted but I was having issues with mounting a large enough partition for a 269GB VHDX file, then transferring the VHDX file to ProxMox.