To switch or Not to switch. That is the question.

I am seriously considering the switch over to UR. I have been using ESXi 6.x.x for a while now but frankly the version that I have a license for is getting a little long in the tooth. I have a few questions / concerns:

1) Is there a way that I can restore / import my existing VM's into UR. At the moment all the VM's have been exported (.mf / .ovf / .vmdk). 

2) This would sure save me a considerable amount of time / work. Tool suggestion / Visual tutorials / Documentation

3) Some of the VM's are of the Windows variety. Is there anything special that I should know.

4) In ESXi I choose the number of CPU's I require at VM creation. UR requires that I do that via radio buttons. What happens if CPU selection    overlaps. In other words what if several UR VM's end up using the same CPU number(s). 

Here is a short list of some of the VM's that I currently have created in ESXi. Please let me know if any of these will be problematic in UR:

- Plex Media Server - Would like to toggle passthrough of my NVIDIA Quadro K5000 GPU

- Microsoft Windows 2016 and 2019

- Microsoft Windows 7, 10 , and 11

- Prestashop

- HestiaCP

- NGINX Proxy Manager

- Docker (no brainer as it appears to be built right into UR)

- Nextcloud

- Mailserver

None of the above is mission critical as they are all being hosted / used in my Homelab. Your time and expertise will be greatly appreciated.

Edited April 4, 20242 yr by peterbata