Convert .OVA to .QCOW2

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 We need to convert virtualization file from .OVA format to .QCOW2 to import it onto Harvester HCI images.

# apt-get update
Hit:2 https://ngrok-agent.s3.amazonaws.com buster InRelease
...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
252 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

# apt-get install qemu-utils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
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Setting up qemu-block-extra (1:8.0.2+dfsg-2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.36-9) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-2) ...
Processing triggers for kali-menu (2023.3.1) ...


# tar -xvf MY_OVA.ova
MY_OVA.ovf
MY_OVA-disk001.vmdk
MY_OVA-disk002.vmdk
MY_OVA.mf

# qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 MY_OVA-disk001.vmdk MY_OVA.qcow2

Alhamdulillah, it's done.

Barakallahu fiikum.