To import a linux guest from the Xen Opensource (hypervisor) to XenServer

1. Create a new VM in XenServer, and make sure the virtual disk is at least the size of the disk you will import.

2. Get UUID from virtual disk images
xe vdi-list params=all

3. Import the raw disk image file into the virtual disk image
xe vdi-import filename="raw_image.img" uuid="UUID"

4. Boot the VM. Note: You may need boot the VM off a valid bootable ISO image first so that the drive’s location path is set.

To convert from a VMware guest to XenServer
To import a VMware linux guest first convert the vmdk to img and use the “Other install media” Template in XenServer.

qemu-img convert -f vmdk vmdk_image.vmdk -O raw raw_image.img