Proxmox import ova ovf qcow2 disk into VM

Posted April 8, 2018 by nate & filed under Virtualization.

Create new VM
Note the VM ID
If you have a .ova or .ovf file, you simply need to do the following to extract the vmdk:
```
tar -xvf *.ova
```
Import the disk into the vmid of the new vm

qm importdisk targetvmid disk001.vmdk local -format qcow2

qm importdisk targetvmid disk001.vmdk local-lvm -format qcow2

Depending on the storage you have setup.

It’s also worth noting that at least on my particular homelab setup, running the qm importdisk command brought the server to it’s knees until the import completes.