Re: [Users] qcow2 image import.

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 6:08 AM, Antoni Segura Puimedon <asegurap(a)redhat.com > On Sun, 2012-08-19 at 17:42 -0300, Andres Gonzalez wrote: > > > > On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Itamar Heim <iheim(a)redhat.com> > On 08/19/2012 01:22 PM, Omer Frenkel wrote: > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > *From: *"Andres Gonzalez" <tuchoz(a)gmail.com&gt; > > *To: *users(a)ovirt.org > > *Sent: *Saturday, August 18, 2012 5:30:34 AM > > *Subject: *[Users] qcow2 image import. > > > > > > Hello !! > > > > I'm wondering if it's possible to import a VM disk > > on qcow2 format > > on oVirt to use it as a VM hard disk. > > The idea is to import a VMWare (vmdk) o Xen (ova) > > virtual hdd on oVirt. > > > > Regards. > > > > -- > > AGD > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list > > Users(a)ovirt.org > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > As far as i remember, there is no way to import just a > > disk, > > only vm/template. > > i guess you could find a way to create an OVF to > > represent a vm that > > attached to that disk, > > import it and then detach the disk from the fake vm > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list > > Users(a)ovirt.org > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > > > > > but you don't need to convert the vmdk to qcow2 necessarily - > > take a look at virt-v2v to do this for you, including changing > > drivers, etc. > > > > > > As could could see virt-v2v converts VMWare ESX/ESXi VMs, but I have > > on VMWare Server 2.x. > Wouldn't it be possible to use VMware converter 3 to migrate the VMs to > ESX/ESXi type and then use virt-v2v? > > There's an application from Acronis ( http://www.acronis.com/backup-recovery/advanced-server-virtual/#red-hat-rhev) that seems to work (convert Citrix Xen Server and VMWAre VMs) to RHEV, this should also work on oVirt, don't ? -- AGD