Convert Virtualbox VMs to QEMU/KVM[VDI to QCOW2]

Overview In the following article, we’ll go through the steps how to convert Virtualbox VMs to QEMU/KVM hypervisor, or in another words, how to convert VM files from VDI to QCOW2 extenstion. This process is useful especially when you need to migrate from virtualbox to KVM or just want to try out the KVM hypervisor without the need to create new machines from the start. What is VDI? VDI(Virtual desktop infrastructure) is an file extension of the HDD disc image file for an Virtual machines that are commonly used by hypervisor solutions such as Virtualbox. ...

Published December 16, 2024 · Updated December 17, 2024 · 4 min · 651 words · Marko Nisic