How to convert VirtualBox VDI to KVM qcow2
May 10, 2023 —
Gregg Szumowski
It is easy to convert a VirtualBox VDI image to a KVM qcow2 file. You have to use the RAW file format as an intermediate.
Make sure the VirtualBox machine is shutdown.
- Convert the VDI to a raw disk image.
Note: VDIs are compressed and raw images are not, so you will need to leave enough disk space for entire uncompressed disk.
$ VBoxManage clonehd --format RAW vm.vdi vm.img - Then on your KVM host:
$ qemu-img convert -f raw vm.img -O qcow2 vm.qcow2
Tags: virtualization, virtualbox, kvm, qcow2, motd