# Import Promox VM **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Support\ **Created:** [July 20, 2016, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/import-promox-vm/2599 "2016-07-20T07:44:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yannick\_MOLINET](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ea666f/32.png) [@Yannick\_MOLINET](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/Yannick_MOLINET)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/import-promox-vm/2599/1 "2016-07-20T07:44:17Z")
HI all, I migrated from Proxmox to OpenNebula. I have set a new OpenNebula Infrastructure with KVM Host, recreate the network configuration. How can I “convert and import” all existing VM from proxmox to OpenNebula ? I see the “Wild VM” mechanism, but I don’t understand how I can use it to import proxmox vm ? Thanks, Yannick ---
**Author:** ![vynt-kenshiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5fc32e/32.png) [@vynt-kenshiro](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/vynt-kenshiro)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/import-promox-vm/2599/2 "2016-08-18T16:28:51Z")
Hello, The answer about “Wild VM”: > The monitoring mechanism in OpenNebula reports all VMs found in a > hypervisor, even those not launched through OpenNebula. These VMs are > referred to as Wild VMs, and can be imported to be managed through > OpenNebula. This includes all supported hypervisors, even the hybrid > ones … [Hosts — OpenNebula 5.0.2 documentation](http://docs.opennebula.org/5.0/operation/host_cluster_management/host_guide.html#importing-wild-vms) It mean the VMs was created by Virsh or another tools. Regarding about import Proxmox VM into OpenNebula, which type of datastore on your system? Example LVM, CEPH… ---
**Author:** ![Yannick\_MOLINET](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ea666f/32.png) [@Yannick\_MOLINET](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/Yannick_MOLINET)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/import-promox-vm/2599/3 "2016-08-20T00:19:51Z")
I’ve write a bash script that parse the proxmox vm conf file, create a template and import the vdisk. This script work as fine and will be shared as soon as possible. ---
**Author:** ![vynt-kenshiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5fc32e/32.png) [@vynt-kenshiro](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/vynt-kenshiro)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/import-promox-vm/2599/4 "2016-08-20T06:42:42Z")
Hi Yannick, Could you share the reasons why you move from Proxmox to OpenNebua? Regards, ---
**Author:** ![Yannick\_MOLINET](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ea666f/32.png) [@Yannick\_MOLINET](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/Yannick_MOLINET)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/import-promox-vm/2599/5 "2016-08-20T15:09:05Z")
Before OpenNebula, I used Proxmox 3.4 Proxmox is a good product, but I need to increase the capability of my hosting plateform. In fact, the first reason is : with OpenNebula, we don’t manage on which host you must deploy a VM, One do the job for us. In Proxmox, you must do this job manually. OpenNebula give more information about the load of the plateform. In a more technical overview, Proxmox use the RedHat Cluster solution pour manage HA and I think this very complexe to manage HA (for gfs2 and my vms). For one or two host, it could be a good solution, but I currently have 3 hosts and I think to add 2 ou 3 additionnals hosts. Even if I don’t yet understand some concept in OpenNebula, OpenNebula seems to be more expandable than Promox. is feature are better in Proxmox : - noVNC : capability to send order to the VM from a toolbar in noVNC (start, stop, …) - noVNC : capability to send ALT-GR caracters (like @ or # on a french keyboard). - Be able to resize a qcow2 disk. I see Proxmox as an ESXi environnement without VSPHERE. I see OpenNebula as an ESXi environnement with VSPHERE. ---
**Author:** ![vynt-kenshiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5fc32e/32.png) [@vynt-kenshiro](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/vynt-kenshiro)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/import-promox-vm/2599/6 "2016-08-22T15:45:54Z")
Hi Yannick, Thank you for sharing. I wish you success with OpenNebula. ---
**Author:** ![Yannick\_MOLINET](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ea666f/32.png) [@Yannick\_MOLINET](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/Yannick_MOLINET)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/import-promox-vm/2599/8 "2017-08-26T10:57:03Z")
when i found it 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Yannick\_MOLINET](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ea666f/32.png) [@Yannick\_MOLINET](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/Yannick_MOLINET)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/import-promox-vm/2599/9 "2017-08-28T08:29:57Z")
I share my shell script in Github : [https://github.com/DIXINFOR/import-vm](https://github.com/DIXINFOR/import-vm) This script was used only for my use, so you can not used it as is, I used network with mac address (no ip), so the script also add the mac address in opennebula before. The process is : - I read the proxmox vm file and generate a template file. - I import the qcow2 vdisk. - I import the template in opennebula