Re: [ovirt-users] best way to migrate VMs from VMware to oVirt

On 06/15/2016 01:41 PM, Cam Mac wrote: Hi, I haven't had any luck using the oVirt GUI or virt-v2v (see earlier email), and I need to find a way to migrate quite a few Windows hosts (Windows 7, 2012, 2008, 2k3 etc) into my test oVirt cluster as a PoC so I can make a compelling case for getting rid of VMware. Using OVF files looks like a lot more manual work as compared to the GUI or virt-v2v, with their nice conversion features. Any suggestions? Thanks, Cam _______________________________________________ Users mailing listUsers@ovirt.orghttp://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users Are you getting errors? Here's what I have in my notes but you may already have tried it and the GUI doesn't seem to have a way to do it. I migrated from both ESXi6 and VMwareWorkstation 11. First I exported as ova. ** Make sure the export directory is mounted. * virt-v2v doesn't like being run as root so run it as vdsm user and you need to specify the shell. su - vdsm -s /bin/bash For Export storage located on another computer remote to the one running virt-v2v use the host:/export format virt-v2v -i ova -of raw -o rhev -os ovhost1:/srv/exports/ovirt/export1 --network VLAN100 -oa sparse -on <vm name> <input file name> For Export storage located on a server that is doing exporting use this format with local directory path for -os virt-v2v -i ova -of raw -o rhev -os /srv/exports/ovirt/export1 -oa sparse --network VLAN100 -on <vm name> /path/<input file name> I moved my ova files to my host (I run hosted engine deployment). Then I su'd and ran the second command since my host exports the oVirt Export directory. Once the command completes I run the oVirt admin import and select the VMs from the list and move them over. I have to change the location of the storage since it defaults to the Engine storage and not my iSCSI storage. I've done it on mainly Linux and a Win 7 VM and it worked. I haven't tried any servers yet. * _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users(a)ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users