[ovirt-devel] OVA imports into virt-v2v (was: Re: [ovirt-users] virt-v2v integration feature)

On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 10:41:16AM +0300, Itamar Heim wrote: > 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... >From live ESX, yes. Offline VMware images (OVAs), not yet. However patches are welcome. We quite literally have no one available to implement this.