# How to migrate VMWare VM to KVM hosts by using OpenNebula?

**URL:** <https://forum.opennebula.io/t/how-to-migrate-vmware-vm-to-kvm-hosts-by-using-opennebula/2311>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [May 31, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/how-to-migrate-vmware-vm-to-kvm-hosts-by-using-opennebula/2311 "2016-05-31T01:14:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![pnbronaldng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a8b319/32.png) [@pnbronaldng](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/pnbronaldng)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/how-to-migrate-vmware-vm-to-kvm-hosts-by-using-opennebula/2311/1 "2016-05-31T01:14:08Z")

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I would like to set up really machine and platform independence. Please help.

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**Author:** ![Astor\_Palmeira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Astor\_Palmeira](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/Astor_Palmeira)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/how-to-migrate-vmware-vm-to-kvm-hosts-by-using-opennebula/2311/2 "2017-03-30T19:59:26Z")

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Hi friend,

Did you try to convert the vmware disks to kvm image?

You need to adapt this procedure do opennebula “image”: [https://platform9.com/support/tutorial-migrate-linux-vm-vsphere-kvm/](https://platform9.com/support/tutorial-migrate-linux-vm-vsphere-kvm/)

Regards.