New: leaving Nutanix, end to end, with diagrams and a measured run
h2kvm · hypervisor exit
Any hypervisor
to KVM.
Convert the disk offline. Fix the guest before power-on. Then land it on Kairon (real VMs on Kubernetes, 0 pods per VM) or Machina (the private cloud you install before lunch).
Abridged and illustrative; the real run prints live logs and a JSON report.
The problem
The disk leaves. The guest has to boot.
Copying the disk was never the hard part. First boot fails when the bootloader, VirtIO or Windows still points at the old hypervisor. GuestKit repairs that on the disk, before power-on.
How the disk gets out
On 10 September 2026 VMware told The Register the Virtual Disk Development Kit was never a license to move VMs. Most VMware-to-KVM tools still open disks with that kit. h2kvm does not: the disk leaves through the vSphere API and NFS.
What it handles
- vSphere over HTTPS, ESXi over SSH, Azure, or a disk file you already have.
- Bootloader, VirtIO and Windows repaired while the disk is offline.
- A VMDK, VHDX or raw file becomes qcow2, then the same repair step runs.
How it works
Four stages. Nothing powered on until it is fixed.
1 · Export
Pick the disk up where it lives: vSphere, ESXi, Azure, Nutanix through Transiva, or a file.
2 · Repair
GuestKit inspects the guest offline and fixes boot, drivers, fstab and network.
3 · Convert
Flatten and convert to qcow2, with a checksum and a JSON report.
4 · Land
Emit a libvirt domain, or hand off to Kairon through Veyron, or to a Machina host.
Where it lands
Leave VMware. Skip the next lock-in.
Plain qcow2 and a libvirt domain run anywhere KVM does. Kairon and Machina are the two first-class landing zones.
New · Exit Nutanix
Out of Nutanix in minutes.
Transiva exports the VM through Prism v4. h2kvm repairs and converts it. It boots on plain KVM.
Numbers
Measured, not promised.
pods per VM
on Kairon
lighter idle
control plane vs KubeVirt v1.9.0
faster to SSH
five VMs, vs KubeVirt v1.9.0
Product
A real product, not a mockup.
h2kvmctl for the pipeline. h2kweb for jobs, providers and status, captured against a live lab deployment.
Licensing
Free for non-production. Paid for production.
Development, testing, evaluation and labs are free under the Zyvor Production License. Production use is $100 per VM, one-time, or Enterprise at a fixed price from $2,500/month.
pip install "h2kvm[guestkit]"Convert your first VM.
Install from PyPI for a lab. Book a demo when the wave needs a named owner.