My NUC died today, well specifically the USB stick I was booting ESXi from (I know). Thanks to “Recent Events” there is no longer a free version of esxi for me to download, so I figured I’d give proxmox a try.

There is a esxi to proxmox tool within PVE itself, however this requires a running copy of esxi, which I did not have. Intead, I followed the guide available on their website to run “qm disk import” and that was basically it. You need to create a VM, delete the disk when it wants you to add one. Note the number from the console and then run the command.

You’ll probably need to change the VM to a UEFI BIOS, as none of mine wanted to boot otherwise. This is done in the “hardware” tab of the VM, while you’re there, you should also “Add> EFI disk”.

If you get some sort of security error when booting, you’ll need to enter the BIOS of the vm (hit a key when it’s booting) and disable “secure boot”