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

Wait a LONG time, this pulls the VM thru the Management Interface which is usually only 1gbps.

if the VM fails to boot, open the Advanced Tab for the VM, and uncheck secure boot.