VMware to KVM migration guide — common pitfalls and how to avoid them

The guide walks through migrating a VM from VMware to KVM by converting VMDK disks into qcow2 with qemu-img.

It also covers common post-migration pitfalls, including disk format quirks, firmware mismatches, and driver assumptions.

A major focus is fixing first-boot failures caused by initramfs or kernel issues after the move.

The takeaway is that cross-hypervisor migrations need careful disk, bootloader, and virtio driver checks to avoid downtime and data loss.