clone VM from AHV to ESXi

clone VM from AHV to ESXi

Reference article: https://acropolis.ninja/export-a-vm-from-nutanix-ahv-to-vmware-esxi/

get vmdk UUID

acli vm.get {VM name}

export vmdk

qemu-img convert -O vmdk nfs://127.0.0.1/{container}/.acropolis/vmdisk/{vmdk UUID} nfs://127.0.0.1/{export container}/{export vmdk name.vmdk} &

verify export vmdk processing

ps -A |grep qemu

if show nothing or done,it’s mean completed

mount this comtainer to ESXi host

create VM for this vmdk

and copy the vmdk file to the VM directory

ssh to ESXi host

cp {source vmdk path} {destination path} &

you can use winscp to verify the copy schedule

create the vmdk disk descriptor(Nutanix default use Thin Provisioned)

vmkfstools -i {source vmdk} {new vmdk} -d thin

mount this vmdk on ESXi VM

and it should be power on success

if the OS is windows 10,need UEFI boot

edit setting->VM options->Boot Option->Firmware select to EFI