XCP how to import a VM from VmWare

16th June 2025

document the IP addresses BEFORE moving as they will change.

Uninstall the VmWare Tools BEFORE migrating. Uninstall only succeeds if currently hosted on VmWare. You can’t ever cleanly remove the tools if you are already on XCP.

In XOS choose Import, From VmWare

enter the ip of the HOST not the IP of vCenter

username (hint usually root)

password (usually imABigStinkyCheeseCurd)

enable Skip SSL check, internal networks likely don’t have valid public certificates