The Nagios .OVA virtual machines provided in downloads for Nagios XI, Nagios CSP, Nagios Log Server, Nagios Fusion, and Nagios Network Analyzer can be used natively by hypervisors such as VMware Workstation and VirtualBox. Other hypervisors such as Hyper-V, VirtualPC, and QEMU require a different file format. This document provides information on how to convert the included .OVA file into other formats.
Conversion Of Nagios .OVA File To .VHD For Microsoft Hyper-V And VirtualPC
Read the article linked below for information on how to convert an .OVA file to .VHD format:
https://www.nakivo.com/blog/convert-ova-to-hyper-v/
Conversion Of Nagios .OVA File To Parallels Format
Read the article linked below for info on converting the .OVA file for use with Parallels:
https://kb.parallels.com/en/122835
Conversion Of Nagios .OVA File To Proxmox Format
Read the articles linked below for info on converting the .OVA for use with Proxmox:
https://www.jamescoyle.net/how-to/1218-upload-ova-to-proxmox-kvm
https://ryanburnette.com/blog/proxmox-import-ova/
https://www.networkshinobi.com/importing-ova-file-to-proxmox-6-1-3/
Conversion Of Nagios .OVA File To QEMU Format
Read the article linked below for info on converting an .OVA file to QEMU’s QCOW2 format:
https://ww2.coastal.edu/mmurphy2/oer/qemu/ova/
Conversion Of Nagios .OVA File To KVM Format
Read the articles linked below for info on converting the .OVA file to a format compatible with KVM:
https://wiki.hackzine.org/sysadmin/kvm-import-ova.html
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/importing-vms-kvm-virt-v2v