1 Download OVFTool on PVE: https://developer.broadcom.com/tools/open-virtualization-format-ovf-tool/latest, extract

2 Navigate to VMX directory, command like

/root/ovftool/ovftool myVM.vmx /root/myVM.ova

3 Extract OVA

cd /root
mkdir extracted
tar -C extracted -xvf myVM.ova

4 Import VM

cd extracted
qm importovf 117 myVM.ovf  local-lvm

117 is my new VMID

5 Remove OVA and OVF

rm -fr /root/myVM.ova /root/extracted

6 Start VM and install virtio drivers.

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