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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