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 ====== VMDK to Proxmox ZVol ======
-Loosely based on https://dannyda.com/2022/10/15/how-to-convert-qcow2-virtual-disk-to-zfs-zvol-for-vurtual-machine-vm-in-proxmox-ve-pve/
+Loosely based on [[https://dannyda.com/2022/10/15/how-to-convert-qcow2-virtual-disk-to-zfs-zvol-for-vurtual-machine-vm-in-proxmox-ve-pve/|this guide]].
+  * Move the vmdk to the proxmox machine:
+<code>
+scp unifiController-disk1.vmdk [email protected]:/pool1
+</code>
+  * SSH into the proxmox machine and convert the vmdk to a raw disk image
+<code>
+convert -f vmdk /pool1/unifiController-disk1.vmdk -p -O raw /pool1/unifiController.raw
+</code>
+  * Create the VM in Proxmox, making a zvol in the same or greater capacity. Note the VID.
+  * List zvols on the proxmox host
+<code>
+root@pedge:/pool1# ls -hapl /dev/zvol/pool1/
+total 0
+drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 660 Sep 16 11:33 ./
+drwxr-xr-x 3 root root  60 Sep 11 21:39 ../
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 Sep 13 13:55 vm-100-disk-0 -> ../../zd0
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  10 Sep 13 13:55 vm-100-disk-1 -> ../../zd16
+...
+...
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  11 Sep 16 11:33 vm-107-disk-0 -> ../../zd144
+</code>
+  * dd the raw disk image into the zvol
+<code>
+dd if=/pool1/unifiController.raw of=/dev/zd144 bs=1M status=progress oflag=dsync
+</code>