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To build a lab with Proxmox for testing purposes, I want to import a dozen of windows workstation images. To simulate a real environment, those workstations have to be populated (documents, files on desktops, emails in outlook...)

Is there any tool that allows to automate or build those images filled already?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Why do you want to import VMs from a different hypervisor? Why not build an 'golden image' on your Proxmox machine, and create a template out of it.

This is basicly how I create my new VMs. I keep a relatively updated 'golden image' in my library and clone that to a VM as many times as I need. To be fair, I'm running ESXi. I have no idea if Proxmox even has this as a feature.