Re: [ovirt-devel] [ovirt-users] virt-v2v integration feature
Lots of virtual appliances come in ovf format. There isn’t a way to import it into an
oVirt/RHEV instance without a live ESX instance. This is very inconvenient and
inefficient
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From: Sven Kieske [mailto:S.Kieske@mittwald.de]
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:01 AM
To: Itamar Heim; devel(a)ovirt.org
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Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] [ovirt-devel] virt-v2v integration feature
Am 10.07.2014 09:41, schrieb Itamar Heim:
On 07/10/2014 10:29 AM, Sven Kieske wrote:
>
>
> Am 09.07.2014 20:30, schrieb Arik Hadas:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> The proposed feature will introduce a new process of import virtual
>> machines from external systems using virt-v2v in oVirt.
>> I've created a wiki page that contains initial thoughts and design
>> for it:
>> http://www.ovirt.org/Features/virt-v2v_Integration
>>
>> You are more than welcome to share your thoughts and insights.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Arik
>
> Am I right that this still involves a full operational e.g. esxi host
> to import vmware vms?
>
> There is a huge user demand on a simpler process for just converting
> and importing an vmware disk image. This feature will not solve this
> use case, will it?
>
>
I agree it should. need to check if virt-v2v can cover this. if not,
need to fix it so it will...
Well here are the relevant BZ entries:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062910
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049604
CC'ing the users from this Bugzilla entries, maybe they can add something to gain some
traction :)
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