Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
How To Migrate Windows Server VM from Hyper V to Proxmox VE
In this guide you will learn how to migrate your Windows Server VMs from Hyper-V to Proxmox VE.
For this migration you'll need to turn off your VMs.
In my case I will be migrating a server 2025 vm but this will work with 2016, 2019 and 2022 as well.
It’s actually pretty straight forward but there are multiple guides out there so I thought I would try doing it step by step.
We are going to assume that the Virtual machine on Hyper-v is functioning correctly as-is.
Prepare the Hyper-v VM with Virtio Drivers:
This step is crucial otherwise when the disk is on Proxmox then it will not load due to the drivers for the scsi or ide controller not being there.
You will get blue screens on the VM Console and maybe even a no bootable device found error.
Links:
Virtio Drivers:
pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Windows_VirtIO_Drivers
fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/archive-virtio/?C=M;O=D
qemu-img for Windows:
https://cloudbase.it/qemu-img-windows/
Once you have the ISO-file, move it to your Hyper-V Server and attach it to your VM.
Within the VM, we run/install following as Administrator:
virtio-win-gt-x64.msi
virtio-win-guest-tools.exe
Hyper-V and Proxmox VE are both popular virtualization platforms, but they utilize different virtual machine formats. Hyper-V uses VHD or VHDX formats, whereas Proxmox VE uses QEMU and typically employs QCOW2 or raw formats. Therefore, to migrate Hyper-V virtual machines to Proxmox VE, certain conversion steps need to be taken.
Commad to convert VHDX to QCOW2:
.\qemu-img.exe convert "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Virtual Hard Disks\WinServer.vhdx" -O qcow2 "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Virtual Hard Disks\WinServer.qcow2"
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🌸How to migrate Hyper-v vhdx VM to Proxmox qcow2
youtu.be/CoUVh9mDqFA
🌸Proxmox Subscription and Update Repositories
youtu.be/OXyhDefrtPs
🌸Upgrading from Proxmox 8.1 to 8.2
youtu.be/XKvu-9C2mIQ
🌸How To Install Proxmox in VMware Workstation
youtu.be/tzrlZW5D0u8
🌸How To Setup a Local Git Server on Proxmox
youtu.be/yeE74Q3ZGMg
🌸Proxmox Useful CLI Commands
youtu.be/PNCF4QFItSo
🌸Proxmox Create a Firewall Rule Template
youtu.be/9rKA1KPFtS0
🌸How to Configure the Firewall on Proxmox
youtu.be/SnjBjU9irtg
🌸How To Run TrueNAS on Proxmox VE Server
youtu.be/mpOgaymIL6o
🌸Proxmox Passthrough Disk Configuration
youtu.be/pPPPt5GPbvw
🌸How To Install OPNSense Firewall on Proxmox VE
youtu.be/XdoXGjVwkug
🌸How To Install Windows Server 2025 VM on Proxmox VE
youtu.be/ZiEopfr4E60
🌸How to Configure SDN Software Defined Network on Proxmox
youtu.be/EinV4FqvCHA
🌸How To Install Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat on Proxmox VE
youtu.be/OuFgRe4POh4
🌸 How To Upgrade Proxmox Host to version 8 .1
youtu.be/WLgnEIxeO2I
🌸 Proxmox Protecting sensitive data with Ansible Vault
youtu.be/ApRplW4hBoU
🌸 How to Deploy LXC Container in Proxmox with Ansible
youtu.be/XdozKMndWdo
🌸 How To Install Packages on Proxmox VM with Terraform
youtu.be/RRJrLTeU67Y
🌸 How to deploy VMs in Proxmox with Terraform
youtu.be/wkoMcVBqjuI
🌸 How to Deploy LXC Container in Proxmox with Terraform
youtu.be/lA6ldI42fBc
🌸 How To Create Proxmox Cloud-init Templates
hyoutu.be/3TH7fBUAIxk
🌸 How to check ZFS File System Storage Pool on Proxmox
youtu.be/3mkP09SonD4
🌸 How to Fix Proxmox PVE can’t create ZFS pool
youtu.be/JtHzV2TXs6M
🌸 How to Rename Proxmox Node with Existing VMs & Containers
youtu.be/2NzLYKRVRtk
🌸 How to take Snapshots and run Backups on Proxmox
youtu.be/98WDxmvTkwY
🌸 How to Create Windows Server 2022 Virtual Machine on Proxmox
youtu.be/lBEwjt0ahhA
🌸 How to Create Proxmox Linux Container
youtu.be/IfMPyttso68
🌸 Troubleshooting Proxmox using Command Line Tools
youtu.be/RH8mlE-YXGY
🌸 Proxmox Sizing CPU and Memory
youtu.be/R172TAWV9xY
🌸 How to create a Proxmox Template
youtu.be/waswSpK8X_M
🌸 How to Install Proxmox QEMU Guest Agent on Ubuntu
youtu.be/ZpEYkA4C4jY
🌸 How to migrate a Virtual Machine from Proxmox to Vmware ESXI
youtu.be/wuKzNbDpkfg
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#virtualmachines #virtualization #proxmox
How To Migrate Windows Server VM from Hyper V to Proxmox VE
In this guide you will learn how to migrate your Windows Server VMs from Hyper-V to Proxmox VE.
For this migration you'll need to turn off your VMs.
In my case I will be migrating a server 2025 vm but this will work with 2016, 2019 and 2022 as well.
It’s actually pretty straight forward but there are multiple guides out there so I thought I would try doing it step by step.
We are going to assume that the Virtual machine on Hyper-v is functioning correctly as-is.
Prepare the Hyper-v VM with Virtio Drivers:
This step is crucial otherwise when the disk is on Proxmox then it will not load due to the drivers for the scsi or ide controller not being there.
You will get blue screens on the VM Console and maybe even a no bootable device found error.
Links:
Virtio Drivers:
pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Windows_VirtIO_Drivers
fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/archive-virtio/?C=M;O=D
qemu-img for Windows:
https://cloudbase.it/qemu-img-windows/
Once you have the ISO-file, move it to your Hyper-V Server and attach it to your VM.
Within the VM, we run/install following as Administrator:
virtio-win-gt-x64.msi
virtio-win-guest-tools.exe
Hyper-V and Proxmox VE are both popular virtualization platforms, but they utilize different virtual machine formats. Hyper-V uses VHD or VHDX formats, whereas Proxmox VE uses QEMU and typically employs QCOW2 or raw formats. Therefore, to migrate Hyper-V virtual machines to Proxmox VE, certain conversion steps need to be taken.
Commad to convert VHDX to QCOW2:
.\qemu-img.exe convert "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Virtual Hard Disks\WinServer.vhdx" -O qcow2 "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Virtual Hard Disks\WinServer.qcow2"
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paypal.me/aminenina/10
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Youtube: youtube.com/user/aminosninatos
🌸 Follow me On Social Media
Facebook : facebook.com/aminosninatos
***********************************************************************
🌸How to migrate Hyper-v vhdx VM to Proxmox qcow2
youtu.be/CoUVh9mDqFA
🌸Proxmox Subscription and Update Repositories
youtu.be/OXyhDefrtPs
🌸Upgrading from Proxmox 8.1 to 8.2
youtu.be/XKvu-9C2mIQ
🌸How To Install Proxmox in VMware Workstation
youtu.be/tzrlZW5D0u8
🌸How To Setup a Local Git Server on Proxmox
youtu.be/yeE74Q3ZGMg
🌸Proxmox Useful CLI Commands
youtu.be/PNCF4QFItSo
🌸Proxmox Create a Firewall Rule Template
youtu.be/9rKA1KPFtS0
🌸How to Configure the Firewall on Proxmox
youtu.be/SnjBjU9irtg
🌸How To Run TrueNAS on Proxmox VE Server
youtu.be/mpOgaymIL6o
🌸Proxmox Passthrough Disk Configuration
youtu.be/pPPPt5GPbvw
🌸How To Install OPNSense Firewall on Proxmox VE
youtu.be/XdoXGjVwkug
🌸How To Install Windows Server 2025 VM on Proxmox VE
youtu.be/ZiEopfr4E60
🌸How to Configure SDN Software Defined Network on Proxmox
youtu.be/EinV4FqvCHA
🌸How To Install Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat on Proxmox VE
youtu.be/OuFgRe4POh4
🌸 How To Upgrade Proxmox Host to version 8 .1
youtu.be/WLgnEIxeO2I
🌸 Proxmox Protecting sensitive data with Ansible Vault
youtu.be/ApRplW4hBoU
🌸 How to Deploy LXC Container in Proxmox with Ansible
youtu.be/XdozKMndWdo
🌸 How To Install Packages on Proxmox VM with Terraform
youtu.be/RRJrLTeU67Y
🌸 How to deploy VMs in Proxmox with Terraform
youtu.be/wkoMcVBqjuI
🌸 How to Deploy LXC Container in Proxmox with Terraform
youtu.be/lA6ldI42fBc
🌸 How To Create Proxmox Cloud-init Templates
hyoutu.be/3TH7fBUAIxk
🌸 How to check ZFS File System Storage Pool on Proxmox
youtu.be/3mkP09SonD4
🌸 How to Fix Proxmox PVE can’t create ZFS pool
youtu.be/JtHzV2TXs6M
🌸 How to Rename Proxmox Node with Existing VMs & Containers
youtu.be/2NzLYKRVRtk
🌸 How to take Snapshots and run Backups on Proxmox
youtu.be/98WDxmvTkwY
🌸 How to Create Windows Server 2022 Virtual Machine on Proxmox
youtu.be/lBEwjt0ahhA
🌸 How to Create Proxmox Linux Container
youtu.be/IfMPyttso68
🌸 Troubleshooting Proxmox using Command Line Tools
youtu.be/RH8mlE-YXGY
🌸 Proxmox Sizing CPU and Memory
youtu.be/R172TAWV9xY
🌸 How to create a Proxmox Template
youtu.be/waswSpK8X_M
🌸 How to Install Proxmox QEMU Guest Agent on Ubuntu
youtu.be/ZpEYkA4C4jY
🌸 How to migrate a Virtual Machine from Proxmox to Vmware ESXI
youtu.be/wuKzNbDpkfg
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#virtualmachines #virtualization #proxmox
