<div dir="ltr">FWIW some of my VMs wouldn't convert...and I had to do the "dump and restore" method...<div><br></div><div>I know, I know...that way sucks...but it worked for the few VMs I had that didn't migrate over</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 6:11 PM, Maurice James <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:midnightsteel@msn.com" target="_blank">midnightsteel@msn.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
So far I got my company to run oVirt in our lab. They love it so far. The<br>
nail in the coffin for vmware would be easy migration path options.<br>
Conversions are kicking my tail right now. Im looking for a way around this.<br>
<a href="https://access.redhat.com/site/solutions/235053" target="_blank">https://access.redhat.com/site/solutions/235053</a> , which includes not having<br>
to depend on a connection to ESX<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Bob Doolittle [mailto:<a href="mailto:bob@doolittle.us.com">bob@doolittle.us.com</a>]<br>
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 9:08 PM<br>
To: Maurice James<br>
Subject: OFFLIST: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion<br>
<br>
It's possible I am the real noob here.<br>
<br>
I did try it about a year ago (although I no longer recall if I was<br>
converting ESX or VBox images since I had both), in a standalone mode, and<br>
failed miserably and didn't pursue it. My hope is that it has matured and<br>
that somebody with more expertise and luck could do so successfully.<br>
<br>
We'll see how the experts weigh in.<br>
<br>
Good luck,<br>
Bob<br>
<br>
On 02/19/2014 05:59 PM, Maurice James wrote:<br>
> Forgive my noobness, but are you telling me that I can convert an ESX<br>
> image without the existence of a running ESX server? If someone gave<br>
> me an ESX image on a DVD or hard drive I could then use virt-v2v to<br>
convert it?<br>
><br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: Bob Doolittle [mailto:<a href="mailto:bob@doolittle.us.com">bob@doolittle.us.com</a>]<br>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 8:54 PM<br>
> To: Maurice James; 'Ted Miller'; <a href="mailto:users@ovirt.org">users@ovirt.org</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion<br>
><br>
> Yes.<br>
> So:<br>
><br>
> VMware non-ESX -> ESX, using VMware's tool, then ESX -> RHEV using<br>
> virt-v2v<br>
><br>
> no?<br>
><br>
> If this is viable, it's easy to understand why nobody wants to put<br>
> effort into supporting a bevy of VMware VM formats, when there's a<br>
> tool already available to convert to one and they can focus on it.<br>
><br>
> -Bob<br>
><br>
> On 02/19/2014 05:52 PM, Maurice James wrote:<br>
>> I want to change it from VMware to RHEV/oVirt<br>
>><br>
>> -----Original Message-----<br>
>> From: Bob Doolittle [mailto:<a href="mailto:bob@doolittle.us.com">bob@doolittle.us.com</a>]<br>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 8:51 PM<br>
>> To: Maurice James; 'Ted Miller'; <a href="mailto:users@ovirt.org">users@ovirt.org</a><br>
>> Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion<br>
>><br>
>> My recollection is that VMware provides a converter to change your<br>
>> VMware non-ESX VMs into ESX format.<br>
>> Do you have to buy ESX to gain access to it?<br>
>><br>
>> -Bob<br>
>><br>
>> On 02/19/2014 05:46 PM, Maurice James wrote:<br>
>>> I even open a feature request that they closed pretty quickly with<br>
>>> WONTFIX<br>
>>> <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062910" target="_blank">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062910</a> . Why is this<br>
>>> such a touchy issue?<br>
>>><br>
>>> -----Original Message-----<br>
>>> From: <a href="mailto:users-bounces@ovirt.org">users-bounces@ovirt.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:users-bounces@ovirt.org">users-bounces@ovirt.org</a>] On<br>
>>> Behalf Of Ted Miller<br>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 7:28 PM<br>
>>> To: <a href="mailto:users@ovirt.org">users@ovirt.org</a><br>
>>> Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On 2/9/2014 4:27 PM, Itamar Heim wrote:<br>
>>>> On 02/09/2014 10:28 PM, Maurice James wrote:<br>
>>>>> The instructions assume that I have an ESX instance to connect to.<br>
>>>>> How do I do this with an already exported vmware image with no esx<br>
>>>>> available to connect to? I have a turnkey drupal vm in ovf format<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----<br>
>>>>> From: Itamar Heim [mailto:<a href="mailto:iheim@redhat.com">iheim@redhat.com</a>]<br>
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 2:24 PM<br>
>>>>> To: Maurice James; 'users'<br>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> On 02/09/2014 07:02 PM, Maurice James wrote:<br>
>>>>>> According to this<br>
>>>>>> <a href="https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1749.html" target="_blank">https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1749.html</a><br>
>>>>>> It does not do it<br>
>>>>> please review:<br>
>>>>> <a href="https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterpr" target="_blank">https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterpr</a><br>
>>>>> i s e _Virtua lization/3.3/html-single/V2V_Guide/index.html<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----<br>
>>>>>> From: Itamar Heim [mailto:<a href="mailto:iheim@redhat.com">iheim@redhat.com</a>]<br>
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 4:52 AM<br>
>>>>>> To: Maurice James; 'users'<br>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> On 02/08/2014 04:18 PM, Maurice James wrote:<br>
>>>>>>> I submitted an RFE to have vmware image conversion added to 3.5.<br>
>>>>>>> I think that is a key feature that is lacking. Im just trying to<br>
>>>>>>> get some eyes on it here.<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062910" target="_blank">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062910</a><br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________<br>
>>>>>>> Users mailing list<br>
>>>>>>> <a href="mailto:Users@ovirt.org">Users@ovirt.org</a><br>
>>>>>>> <a href="http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users" target="_blank">http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users</a><br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> can you comment on the gaps from virt-v2v which does this today<br>
>>>>>> (in the bug as well).<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> thanks,<br>
>>>>>> Itamar<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>> iirc, you need an ESX currently.<br>
>>> Some of us are stuck without a way to try out ovirt because of this.<br>
>>> ESX is not the only platform that people run VMWare on. I am trying<br>
>>> to bring over VMs from an old VMWare Server setup on Centos 5.<br>
>>> Works fine, but there is no migration path. Other people may have<br>
>>> VMs on VMWare Workstation or other, older products. We just get<br>
>>> told to go fly a<br>
>> kite?<br>
>>> If the only choice is to bring up a full-blown, working ESX<br>
>>> instance, I may bring up ESXi and stay there.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Ted Miller<br>
>>> Elkhart, IN<br>
>>><br>
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