{"id":37969,"date":"2022-03-16T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T01:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=37969"},"modified":"2022-09-08T19:47:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T11:47:07","slug":"windows-10-vbox-vm-to-kvm-virtualisation","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/windows-10-vbox-vm-to-kvm-virtualisation","title":{"rendered":"Quick Guide On Converting VirtualBox VM to KVM in Windows 10 For KVM Virtualisation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"37969\" class=\"elementor elementor-37969\" data-elementor-post-type=\"kb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f747616 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f747616\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64191c8\" data-id=\"64191c8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-020006f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"020006f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In this guide, we will be going through how to convert your VirtualBox VM which uses the \u201c.vdi\u201d extension to KVM which uses \u201c.qcow2\u201d. This is a guide for people who wish to switch over to KVM virtualisation without creating a whole new virtual machine all over again.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12579f4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12579f4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ec924d\" data-id=\"5ec924d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97f445b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"97f445b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 1: Open CMD and locate your VirtualBox directory.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d26d3be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d26d3be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Firstly, open your command prompt and locate your VirtualBox directory using the cd command.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf668f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf668f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<pre>cd your_directory\\Oracle\\VirtualBox<\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bfcd47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0bfcd47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In my case, it&#8217;s in my D drive.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eec249c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eec249c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<pre>cd D:\\Oracle\\VirtualBox<\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be5331c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be5331c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-08ee65f\" data-id=\"08ee65f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4001be4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4001be4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 2: Clone and convert your VDI file into a raw image file.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5aa9ca6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5aa9ca6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To clone and convert the file, run the following command in your command prompt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3a16fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3a16fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<pre>VboxManage clonehd \u201cabsolutepath\/filename_of_existing_vdi_file.vdi\u201d \u201cabsolutepath\/filename.img\u201d -format raw<\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e4ccb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e4ccb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here is an example of my command.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d74380 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d74380\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<pre>VBoxManage clonehd \u201cD:\\Oracle\\VirtualBox VMs\\Ubuntu\\Ubuntu.vdi\u201d \u201cD:\\Oracle\\VirtualBox VMs\\Ubuntu\\Ubuntu.img\u201d -format raw<\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d396935 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d396935\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You will be seeing a similar output as followed in your command prompt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0ba1e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0ba1e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<pre>0%\u202610%\u202620%\u202630%\u202640%\u202650%\u202660%\u202670%\u202680%\u202690%\u2026100%\nClone medium created in format \u2018raw\u2019. UUID: afdb24d-1a3c-4276-9251-bf2616f9b75e<\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77360ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77360ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You will be able to see an image file in the directory you had cloned into. The raw image file will be much larger in comparison with your \u201c.vdi\u201d file.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f1772b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f1772b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e039cd\" data-id=\"7e039cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efab258 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"efab258\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 3: Converting image file into the \".qcow2\" file which is the file type for KVM.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-566f173 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"566f173\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This final step requires you to use the qemu-ing command, kindly refer to this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cloudbase.it\/qemu-img-windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a> if you do not have the command installed, else skip this step if you already have it installed and proceed with the guide.<\/p><p>Run the following command for the \u201c.img\u201d to \u201c.qcow2\u201d conversion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6480c50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6480c50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<pre>qemu-img convert -f raw -O qcow2 \u201cabsolutepath\/filename_of_existing_img_file.img\u201d \u201cabsolutepath\/filename.qcow2\u201d<\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-441e823 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"441e823\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After this, you will finally be able to find your \u201c.qcow2\u201d file in the directory you had chosen. You are now ready for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/vps-hosting-malaysia\">KVM Virtualisation<\/a> now.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this guide, we will be going through how to convert your VirtualBox VM which uses the \u201c.vdi\u201d extension to KVM which uses \u201c.qcow2\u201d. This is a guide for people who wish to switch over to KVM virtualisation without creating a whole new virtual machine all over again. 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