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/

• Unordered List ItemCopy the vmdk to the proxmox machine:

scp unifiController-disk1.vmdk [email protected]:/pool1

• SSH into the proxmox machine and convert the vmdk to a raw disk image

convert -f vmdk /pool1/unifiController-disk1.vmdk -p -O raw /pool1/unifiController.raw ; sync

• Create the VM in Proxmox, making a zvol in the same or greater capacity