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            <h1>Convert VirtualBox VM to ProxMox VE</h1>
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	<li>On the VirtualBox host, launch VirtualBox</li>
	<li>Right click the VM to convert &gt; Settings</li>
	<li>Select Storage from the left navigation</li>
	<li>Click the virtual hard disk and copy the Location value for the full path of the disk to the clipboard</li>
	<li>Right click on the Start menu &gt; Run &gt; type cmd.exe &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Enter the following commands in the command prompt
	<div class="codeBlock"># change directory to VirtualBox installation<br />
	cd %programfiles%\Oracle\VirtualBox<br />
	# convert the .vdi to raw .img<br />
	VBoxManage clonehd --format RAW &quot;pasted\full\path\to.vdi&quot; &quot;pasted\full\path\to.raw&quot;</div>
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	<li>Once the .vdi to .raw conversion completes, open a web browser and navigate to the ProxMox web UI https://ProxMoxDNSorIP:8006/</li>
	<li>Click the Create VM button at the top right</li>
	<li>On the General tab, enter a VM Name and note the VM ID generated &gt; click Next</li>
	<li>On the OS tab select Do not use any media and set the Guest OS &gt; click Next</li>
	<li>On the System tab click Next</li>
	<li>On the Hard Disk tab set the Disk size to 0.001 &gt; click Next</li>
	<li>On the CPU tab set the number of CPUs &gt; click Next</li>
	<li>On the Memory tab set the amount of memory to allocate in MiB &gt; click Next</li>
	<li>On the Network tab click Next</li>
	<li>On the Confirm tab review the settings and click Finish</li>
	<li>Select the newly created VM from the left navigation panel &gt; Hardware</li>
	<li>Click the Hard Disk to select it</li>
	<li>Click the Detach button to detach the hard disk from the VM</li>
	<li>Click the Unused disk</li>
	<li>Click the Remove button to permanently delete it</li>
	<li><label for="cb_li_27606_33">Download WinSCP </label><label for="cb_li_27606_33"><a href="https://winscp.net/eng/downloads.php" target="_blank">Download</a></label></li>
	<li><label for="cb_li_178035_34">Extract WinSCP and run the executable</label></li>
	<li><label for="cb_li_764421_35">Connect to the ProxMox IP server via WinSCP</label></li>
	<li><label for="cb_li_542634_36">Copy the VirtualBox created .raw file to a location on the ProxMox server that has enough free disk space, /root for example</label></li>
	<li>Back in the browser, open the ProxMox host Shell</li>
	<li>Run the following command to import the raw disk, modify the .raw file name and VM ID noted earlier
	<div class="codeBlock"># import the raw disk<br />
	# usage:<br />
	# qm importdisk &lt;VM ID&gt; /root/&lt;source disk file&gt;.raw &lt;destination storage pool name&gt;<br />
	qm importdisk 100 vbox.raw HDD_500GB --format qcow2</div>
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	<li>Once the disk import completes, select the target VM from the left navigation menu &gt; Hardware</li>
	<li>Double click the Unused Disk &gt; Click the Add button</li>
	<li>Select Options from the left navigation sub-menu</li>
	<li>Double click Boot Order</li>
	<li>Check the Enabled box next to the hard disk</li>
	<li>Drag the Hard disk up in the boot order as needed, typically below the CD-ROM device</li>
	<li>Click OK</li>
	<li>Click the Start button in the top right of the screen</li>
	<li>Click the Console link to watch the boot process</li>
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