From 04e86b37cbc3bc3fba54f23ac2aa69c474679408 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Internet Addict <amogus@noreply.localhost>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:47:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

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 README.md | 115 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 113 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1375200..0bffcc2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ echo "Exporting VM to OVA and copying directly to Proxmox..."
 
 # Run import script on Proxmox
 echo "Running import script on Proxmox..."
-sshpass -p "$PROXMOX_PASSWORD" ssh ${PROXMOX_USER}@${PROXMOX_HOST} "bash /var/lib/vz/template/inport3.sh $VM_NAME $VMID"
+sshpass -p "$PROXMOX_PASSWORD" ssh ${PROXMOX_USER}@${PROXMOX_HOST} "bash /var/lib/vz/template/inport.sh $VM_NAME $VMID"
 
 # Clean up the temporary files on Proxmox
 echo "Cleaning up temporary files on Proxmox..."
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ Navigate to Ubuntu container and import and export VM using this command.
 ```
 You need to use exact name of the VM from VMware and NUMBER-FOR-ROXMOX is required for proxmox. If you dont know what number to use then just use 100 and increase the number with each VM.
 
-#### ! Migration requires at least double the size of VM on Proxmox for it to work. !
+#### ! Migration requires at least double the size of VM in Proxmox for it to work. !
 
 ### 7. Enjoy
 
@@ -199,3 +199,114 @@ Congratulations! If you did everything right the VM will export and inport autom
 
 # Variant 2. server-desktop-server migration (easier)
 
+### 1. Export VM
+
+Open VMware vSphare web interface.
+
+Shutdown VM you want to export.
+
+Right-click on the VM and select ``Template > Export OVF Template`` then dowload VM files.
+
+### 2. Move saved files to Proxmox
+
+You will need SCP for transfaring files, easiest method is to [download and install PuTTY](https://putty.org/). And dont forget to add PSCP utility during the installation.
+
+Open cmd.exe and copy files to proxmox.
+```powershell
+pscp C:\path\to\vm-name.ovf root@IP-ADRESS-OF-PROXMOX:/var/lib/vz/template
+pscp C:\path\to\vm-name-1.vmdk root@IP-ADRESS-OF-PROXMOX:/var/lib/vz/template
+```
+
+### 3. Import VM
+
+Open Proxmox web interface.
+
+Navigate to server terminal.
+
+``Server > Console``
+
+In terminal navigate to /var/lib/vz/template directory
+
+```bash
+cd /var/lib/vz/template
+```
+
+Create import.sh file and copy my script.
+
+```bash
+nano import.sh
+```
+__import.sh__
+```bash
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Script to import VMware images (OVF or OVA based) to Proxmox VE, executed locally on the Proxmox host
+
+PROXMOX_STORAGE=local-lvm
+VM_PATH=/var/lib/vz/template
+VM_NAME=$1
+VMID=$2
+
+if [[ -z "$VM_NAME" || -z "$VMID" ]]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <vm_name> <vm_id>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Determine file extension to handle OVF and OVA appropriately
+FILE_EXTENSION="${VM_NAME##*.}"
+
+# Import VM on Proxmox based on file type
+echo "Importing VM..."
+if [ "$FILE_EXTENSION" == "ova" ]; then
+    # Assuming qm supports OVA directly; if not, this needs to be extracted first
+    qm importova $VMID "$VM_PATH/$VM_NAME" $PROXMOX_STORAGE
+else
+    qm importovf $VMID "$VM_PATH/$VM_NAME.ovf" $PROXMOX_STORAGE
+fi
+
+# Ensure VM is fully stopped before making hardware changes
+echo "Ensuring VM is stopped..."
+qm stop $VMID --skiplock
+sleep 10
+
+# Set the SCSI controller to LSI Logic
+echo "Setting SCSI hardware type to LSI..."
+qm set $VMID -scsihw lsi
+
+# Transition each detected SCSI disk to IDE interface
+DISKS=$(qm config $VMID | grep -oP 'scsi\d+: \K.*')
+DISK_ID=0
+for DISK_PROP in $DISKS; do
+    echo "Transitioning SCSI disk to IDE..."
+    qm set $VMID -scsi$DISK_ID none
+    qm set $VMID -ide$DISK_ID $DISK_PROP
+    ((DISK_ID++))
+done
+
+# Set network and boot order
+echo "Setting network model and boot order..."
+qm set $VMID -net0 model=vmxnet3,bridge=vmbr0
+qm set $VMID -boot order=ide0
+
+# Start the VM
+echo "Starting VM..."
+qm start $VMID
+```
+At first few lines of the script you can change ``local-lvm`` to change storage on your Proxmox and the script will import VM to that storage.
+
+And make it executable:
+
+```bash
+chmod +x ./import.sh
+```
+
+Now we are ready to import, you can import VM using this command:
+
+```bash
+./import.sh NAME-OF-VM NUMBER-OF-VM
+```
+You need to use exact name of the VM from VMware and NUMBER-FOR-ROXMOX is required for proxmox. If you dont know what number to use then just use 100 and increase the number with each VM.
+
+### 4. Enjoy
+
+Congratulations! If you did everything right the VM will export and inport automatically and start when the process ends.
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