Ben's notes

Migrate from VMWare to KVM

Note: complex (hardware) VM configurations might not work well.

Shutdown guest, download vmdk image.
Download vmware2libvirt

Steps

Get info about image file(s):

# qemu-img info Offsec\ VM.vmdk
image: Offsec VM.vmdk
file format: vmdk
virtual size: 40G (42949672960 bytes)
disk size: 13G
cluster_size: 65536
Format specific information:
    cid: 1630022050
    parent cid: 4294967295
    create type: twoGbMaxExtentSparse
    extents:
        [0]:
            virtual size: 4261412864
            filename: Offsec VM-s001.vmdk
            cluster size: 65536
            format: SPARSE
        [1]:
            virtual size: 4261412864
            filename: Offsec VM-s002.vmdk
            cluster size: 65536
            format: SPARSE
        [2]:
            virtual size: 4261412864
            filename: Offsec VM-s003.vmdk
            cluster size: 65536
            format: SPARSE
        [3]:
            virtual size: 4261412864
            filename: Offsec VM-s004.vmdk
            cluster size: 65536
            format: SPARSE
        [4]:
            virtual size: 4261412864
            filename: Offsec VM-s005.vmdk
            cluster size: 65536
            format: SPARSE
        [5]:
            virtual size: 4261412864
            filename: Offsec VM-s006.vmdk
            cluster size: 65536
            format: SPARSE
        [6]:
            virtual size: 4261412864
            filename: Offsec VM-s007.vmdk
            cluster size: 65536
            format: SPARSE
        [7]:
            virtual size: 4261412864
            filename: Offsec VM-s008.vmdk
            cluster size: 65536
            format: SPARSE
        [8]:
            virtual size: 4261412864
            filename: Offsec VM-s009.vmdk
            cluster size: 65536
            format: SPARSE
        [9]:
            virtual size: 4261412864
            filename: Offsec VM-s010.vmdk
            cluster size: 65536
            format: SPARSE
        [10]:
            virtual size: 335544320
            filename: Offsec VM-s011.vmdk
            cluster size: 65536
            format: SPARSE

Convert vmdk to qcow2:

qemu-img convert -f vmdk Offsec\ VM.vmdk -O qcow2 offsecvm.qcow2

Change owner:
```
chown qemu. offsecvm.qcow2
```

Convert vmx to xml:

vmware2libvirt -f Offsec\ VM.vmx > offsecvm.xml

Change other settings as needed.
- VM name.
- network (MAC address).
- source file (qcow2).
- emulator: /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm.
Import the XML, define the VM:
```
virsh define offsecvm.xml
```

Edit the VM and change:

virsh edit vmoffsec

driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'
source file='/path/to-qcow2-file'

Start the vm:
```
virsh start vmoffsec
```
Auto start at boot:
```
virsh autostart vmoffsec
```